short readsMar 25, 2020 More than half of U.S. households have some investment in the stock market A majority of U.S. households have some level of investment in the stock market, mostly in the form of retirement accounts such as 401(k)s.
short readsMay 31, 2013 Economic recovery favors the more-affluent who own stocks While the stock market has been surging, there is a big gap who who benefits that has implications for the strength of the economic recovery.
short readsSep 12, 2013 Americans perceive an uneven recovery — and they’re right Americans have a pretty good sense of how well different aspects of the economy have — and haven’t — recovered from the Great Recession.
short readsJul 24, 2013 Obama returns focus to America’s struggling middle class As President Obama prepares to make a “major” speech on the economy today, our past reports describe the challenges the middle class has faced in the past decades.