Spoiler alert: It costs much more in 2025 to be considered “middle class” than it did in 1990. And that makes sense, given that both wages and the cost of living have increased significantly over the ...

In 1980, neither China nor India had much representation in the “global middle class” — people who neither belong to the bottom half of the income distribution nor rank among the top 10% worldwide.

Last week I was catching up with an old mate from university who moved to New York five years ago. We were talking about money the way blokes do when they’ve had a pint, and he mentioned something ...

President Donald Trump's tariff check plan faces uncertainty due to potential legal challenges and questions surrounding its economic viability. Trump has proposed issuing the checks to people of ...

If you had the displeasure of perusing through the social media site formerly known as Twitter over the recent Thanksgiving holiday, you’ve probably witnessed some of the least grateful people in ...

The U.S. government doesn’t officially publish a line called “upper class income.” Instead, most serious conversations about class use income tiers: lower income, middle income, and upper income. One ...

Most Americans think they're middle class. The math doesn't add up. And that confusion isn't an accident. Three years ago, I moved to Singapore. If you'd asked me why at the time, I would have given ...

The good news is that Americans have never been richer. The bad news is that most of them don’t feel like it. There has been tremendous growth in income and wealth in the U.S. in the last half century ...

The good news is that Americans have never been richer. The bad news is that most of them don’t feel like it. There has been tremendous growth in income and wealth in the U.S. in the last half-century ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Living in Colorado isn’t known to be cheap, with what it takes to have a “middle class” income in the state rising more than most. In several Colorado cities, however, even the ...

Upper-middle-class status has always been a moving target, but the next year will be especially pivotal as inflation, wage growth and housing costs collide. To get a realistic picture of where the bar ...