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 ...

The next time you look at your paycheck, multiply it by two. The figure you arrive at could be what your paycheck looks like in 2050 if income trends follow the same pattern as the past 25 years — at ...

In the Budget of 2025, recognizing the significant contribution of the middle class in nation building, the Finance Minister ...

A new report shows the metro outperforms most of the U.S. on middle-class affordability, but many are still struggling to ...

Learn how 2026 tax changes could impact middle-class families, from new brackets to deductions, and what you can do to ...

Data now shows that comfortable amenities like gym memberships and rooftop solar panels are no longer as commonplace in the ...

The latest CPI report shows the cost of living rose in December. This is where many households are really feeling the pinch.

Yes, the middle class is hollowing out—because more are rising upward.

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.

Budget 2025 put more money in taxpayers’ hands with higher exemption limits, wider slabs and zero tax up to Rs 12 lakh. As ...