The Financial Express

Budget 2026 expectations LIVE: More tax relief for middle class this year? Railways and defence outlay in focus

Union Budget 2026 on February 1 with markets open. Investors and taxpayers are watching for tax relief, LTCG changes, ...
ABP NewsOpinion

Union Budget 2026 | What Middle-Class Families Want On Taxes, Loans And Home Buying

The new tax regime has gained traction largely due to its simplicity. Within this framework, the standard deduction plays an ...

Brown: Under the bright lights of Walmart, an economic story unfolds

"What I’ve seen change in these aisles over the past few years tells a story about our demographic, economic and cultural ...

American families now need at least $280,000 a year to be 'middle class' in some US cities

For many American households, the idea of being 'middle class' no longer feels like the comfortable lifestyle it used to ...
VegOut Magazine

You know you're lower-middle-class when your idea of sacrifice means giving up these 8 small luxuries

Lower-middle-class sacrifice isn’t loud. It shows up quietly in the choices you used to make without thinking, and that ...
VegOut Magazine

8 gadgets every lower-middle-class home had in the 80s that kids today wouldn't recognize

These gadgets weren’t fast or intuitive, but they shaped how people learned to wait, plan, and adapt. Growing up with ...

‘Am I doomed forever?’ Credit card debit is overwhelming wealthier, educated Americans as prices stretch middle-class budgets. How to tackle your debt

Overall, American household debt — which, aside from credit card debt, includes mortgages, car loans and student loans — is ...

Is the middle class ‘shrinking’ or ‘struggling’? The difference is important.

“The middle class is shrinking” might be the assertion of the decade. Progressives and populists alike use it to justify ...

Leonard Jacoby, pioneer of legal advertising on billboards and TV, dies at 83

Leonard Jacoby, half of the duo behind the firm that pushed new forms of advertising and revolutionized the legal industry, ...
Urban Milwaukee

No-Tax-on-Tips Plan Clears Assembly, Heads to Wisconsin Senate

You'll get access to an ad-free website with a faster photo browser, the chance to claim free tickets to a host of events ...

The Middle Class Is Shrinking As The Upper-Middle Class Booms, Grows From 10% To 31%, Report Says

The share of families classified as upper-middle class has jumped from 10% in 1979 to 31% in 2024, the report found. For the ...

Dreher, Hilton Head Island classification appeals denied. Here’s the latest

Dreher and Hilton Head Island had their realignment appeals denied on Friday. The South Carolina High School League’s appellate panel denied both schools’ requests to drop from Class 4A to 3A for the ...