The government is trying to boost domestic demand among its vast middle class as food inflation dents disposable income.

The Fed describes those doing better than the middle class as thrivers and those doing worse as stragglers. Check out our flow chart below to see who meets this definition of middle class.

Middle-class wealth and retirement savings have been kept largely on track over the last year, helped by solid income growth and the strength of stock market performance, according to a relatively ...

The pace of middle-class growth matters enormously—and not just ... Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), our sister company (see chart 1). We opted for an absolute measure, defining “middle ...

Given this, economists have examined past presidents’ effects on middle-class fortunes through GDP growth, job creation and income trends. “Roosevelt’s New Deal gave immediate relief to ...