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.
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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.
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.
Americans have a pretty good sense of how well different aspects of the economy have — and haven’t — recovered from the Great Recession.
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.
Even while their personal worries have deepened, Americans have been feeling more upbeat about the national economy’s prospects and less concerned about rising inequality. What underlies this trend and can it be sustained?
Beyond partisanship — and behind those healthy economic indicators — Americans may be seeing something that most economists overlook.
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