Many life milestones feel out of reach for the middle class, a big indicator that things are shifting. Here's what it could mean for your financial future, and what you can do to prepare.

When researchers use an “absolute definition” instead — one that holds purchasing power constant over time — a different ...

ICE just launched a “wartime recruitment” campaign and seeks agents who want to “defend” their “culture.” There will be more ...

Many celebrated the ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a surprise nighttime raid by U.S. forces, while others ...

Trump's falling approval ratings among middle-class Americans signal a critical challenge for his administration as affordability and economic concerns continue to dominate public opinion. Recent ...

What was supposed to be a banner year for the MAGA movement has instead had middle-class and working-class Trump voters telling us to “wait and see” while their world falls apart. For almost a decade, ...

Roland Merullo is the author of 21 novels and seven books of nonfiction. With his older daughter he writes a Substack newsletter called Hi Zan, Hi Pa. He can be reached at RolandMerullo.com. In his ...

Economists say that a typical middle-class family today is richer than one in the 1960s. Americans in their 20s and 30s don’t believe it. By Sabrina Tavernise A nerdy economics essay recently went ...

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.

We are digesting a wave of studies on why Democrats lost in 2024 and what they should do now. Deciding to Win, by Simon Bazelon, Lauren Harper Pope, and Liam Kerr, argues that Democrats must move to ...

Kevin Hassett is now seen as one of two leading candidates to chair the Federal Reserve. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) 📉 This is an online version of my Markets A.M. newsletter. Get investing ...