Looking ahead to 2026, you might be realizing that you’ll have more money than you did in 2025. This is an exciting realization, but it’s important to be prepared so you stay in solid financial ...

Once, the middle class was synonymous with financial security. The average American household earned enough for basics plus a home, a car and vacations as well as savings for retirement and kids’ ...

Moving up the financial ladder doesn’t always look the way people expect. According to a 2024 Gallup Poll, 54% of Americans self-identify as middle class. Going from middle class to upper middle class ...

“It’s a jobs drought – more of a desert actually,” James Reed CBE, CEO and chairman of recruitment firm Reed Employment, declared in an interview late last week. He has “never seen anything like it” ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Being middle class once meant being relaxed about the small comforts in life. But now there seems to be ...

Welcome back to World According to Briggs. Today we're looking at 10 U.S. cities losing their middle class faster than a college kid's apartment loses its security deposit. These places, once symbols ...

The British middle class is facing a crisis of confidence, says Labour's leader. But in a nation famously fixated on social stratifications, what does the term actually mean? Once upon a time it was ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. India is now officially the world’s most populous nation, according to the UN, having surpassed China for the ...