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Holiday spending was expected to be tempered this year but the latest data shows Americans aren't slowing down, even with growing debt. Just how bad the debt situation is for the economy is up for ...

Motio Research's initial estimate of U.S. median household income in March 2025 is $82,675. This is just $24 (0.03%) higher than its initial estimate of median household income of $82,651 in February ...

Korea’s household debt moderated to near prepandemic levels over the course of last year as the central bank maintained elevated policy rates until the eleventh hour. Nationwide household debt, ...

President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff plan is deeply unsettling — with good reason. Dartmouth University economic historian Douglas Irwin wrote in the Economist that average U.S. tariffs on ...

Holiday spending was expected to be tempered this year but the latest data shows Americans aren’t slowing down, even with growing debt. The National Retail Federation said nearly 203 million U.S.

Motio Research's initial estimate of U.S. median household income for November 2025 is $87,160. Read more here.