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.

The U.S. economy has grown increasingly bifurcated, with spending largely dependent on affluent households. Companies, and ...

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 ...

The economic challenges have played out in different ways at the local level. Most New Jersey voters said property taxes were a “major problem." Bob Walser votes while a shopper walks past at the ...

WASHINGTON — Economic worries were the dominant concern as voters cast ballots for Tuesday's elections, according to preliminary findings from the AP Voter Poll. The results of the expansive survey of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Economic worries were the dominant concern as voters cast ballots for Tuesday’s elections, according to preliminary findings from the AP Voter Poll. The results of the expansive ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Economic worries were the dominant concern as voters cast ballots for Tuesday’s elections, according to preliminary findings from the AP Voter Poll. The results of the expansive ...