It’s called bifurcation — the split in stores and brands catering a budget-conscious consumer on one end and luxury-focused one on the other.

Among economic themes, Vice President Kamala Harris highlighted the need to protect Social Security and Medicare, and a tax cut for middle-income households.

Department stores were created to serve an income group that’s declining while the poorer and wealthier cohorts expand.

For one thing: the first year after payments restart, borrowers who fall behind won’t be penalized.

Ideas are a key ingredient for economic growth. And to generate new ideas, you need … more people.

Last year, after the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 went into effect, a lot of people saw their tax refunds shrink or disappear.

Home prices have become unaffordable, but many are still trying to buy.

That could hurt consumers but benefit banks and dealerships.

In her new book, Alissa Quart examines the lives of middle-class families struggling to get by.