Top earners in the U.S. make six figures or more per year. Other measures of affluence aren't directly related to income.

Rachel Reeves hiked taxes by £26 billion as she faced forecasts of weaker economic growth, faster inflation and higher ...

Rachel Reeves refused to rule out another tax-hiking Budget after her statement today. The Chancellor unveiled £26 billion of ...

Rachel Reeves has confirmed a freeze in income tax thresholds will be extended as part of a package of £26bn tax hikes, as ...

As a result of the delay caused by the 43-day shutdown, the BEA will release only two Q3 GDP estimates - the first one on Dec ...

The K-shaped economy has been a growing problem for decades, made worse by the loss of guaranteed worker pensions, the rise of the gig economy, increasing health-care inflation, the high cost of ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Bankrate analyst Ted Rossman about consumer spending and debt, and what it tells us about the overall health of the economy.

With Labour’s Budget imminent, the chancellor faces a £22bn hole and a narrowing set of promises on tax. Property, long the ...

We have had 12 years of ultra-low interest rates and a long period of low inflation. But just when we thought that the ...