You're living in a "K-shaped" economy. Here's how that affects you.

The shape of economic growth this year highlights the widening gap between wealthy Americans and everyone else, economists ...

Has America’s economy gone K-shaped? Here’s what to know

For those on the upper arm, things are going well. The top 10% of U.S. households now account for nearly half of all consumer ...

Economists agree: You’re not crazy for feeling like the rich get richer, and the poor are doing worse. Welcome to the ‘K-shaped economy’

What was a niche argument about five years ago is suddenly everywhere you look, and it’s taking on the shape of a letter with ...
Opinion

Why the blue wave? It is, of course, the economy, stupid

Now, as in 1992 when Bill Clinton was trying to unseat George H.W. Bush, what ails the electorate can be boiled down to a soundbite: It is, in fact, the economy, stupid.

How the U.S. economy is defying gravity—and how insights into human behavior help us understand why

U.S. economists may be barely holding on by their fingernails over the current state of the American economy, but strangely, ...

The Fed Is Turning to These Data Sets During the Shutdown. Here’s What They Reveal About the Economy

Key Takeaways Officials at the Federal Reserve are missing critical data during the government shutdown, relying instead on reports from private companies.There are indications that hiring continued ...

What the Trump tariffs Supreme Court case could mean for the economy

If the Supreme Court allows Trump’s steepest tariffs to stand, price increases may accelerate while economic uncertainty associated with the tariffs could put downward pressure on hiring, some ...

Corporate America is trying to tell us something about the economy, top analyst says: A 3-year recession for ‘much of the private economy’ ended in April

Morgan Stanley's Mike Wilson was a lonely voice on Wall Street calling a "rolling recession" when others saw a boom. Now he ...