featureJul 21, 2021 Are you in the global middle class? Find out with our income calculator 17% of the global population could be considered middle income in 2020. Most people were either low income (51%) or poor (10%).
reportJul 21, 2021 Economic Attitudes Improve in Many Nations Even as Pandemic Endures Despite an uptick in positive views of the economy in some places, many say that children will be worse off financially than their parents.
short readsOct 24, 2017 Among developed nations, Americans’ tax bills are below average Tax burdens in the U.S. are lower than most of its developed-nation peers – in some cases, well below.
short readsOct 6, 2017 Americans deepest in poverty lost more ground in 2016 The official poverty rate last year was close to its pre-Great Recession level, but the share of the U.S. poor in severe poverty increased.
short readsDec 14, 2015 America’s middle class is shrinking. So who’s leaving it? in terms of income status, the past four decades have been very good to people working in financial and natural-resources industries or as executives and managers, but not so good for sales workers or people in blue-collar manufacturing jobs.