The Economy That’s Great for Parents, Lousy for Their Grown-Up Kids

Many older Americans are financially comfortable, but they worry their adult children won’t achieve the same kind of economic stability

L.A.’s Entertainment Economy Is Looking Like a Disaster Movie

Work is evaporating, businesses are closing, longtime residents are leaving, and the city’s creative middle class is hanging on by a thread

The Middle-Class Vibe Has Shifted From Secure to Squeezed

After months of tracking high-income earners’ positive economic outlook, America’s middle-income households appear to be losing confidence

They’re in the Top 10% of Earners. They Still Don’t Feel Rich.

By many measures, the most affluent Americans are thriving. But $250,000 doesn’t mean what they thought it would.

Consumers and Businesses Send Distress Signal as Economic Fear Sets In

Canceled trips, fewer dinner parties and falling sales: ‘We are cutting back on virtually everything’

The U.S. Economy Depends More Than Ever on Rich People

The highest-earning 10% of Americans have increased their spending far beyond inflation. Everyone else hasn’t.

Voters Love the Policies That Economists Love to Hate

Many Harris and Trump proposals loved by voters are hated by economists—and it isn’t partisan

A Dockworkers Walkout Would Close Ports From Maine to Texas and Slam the U.S. Economy

The International Longshoremen’s Association, which represents 45,000 dockworkers, is pushing for a 77% pay increase

How Immigration Remade the U.S. Labor Force

A historic influx of migrants has changed the size, makeup and outlook of the U.S. labor market and the economy

Economic Data Paint a Picture of Two Americas

The rich are feeling confident, but lower-income households are growing cautious