Sentences with phrase «in middle income»

I am originally from Chile and I do know about poverty although I was priviledged to be raised in a middle income family and even though when times were difficult we never went without the basics.

For example, 75 % of families in the highest income group reported using childcare compared with 65 % in the middle income group and 45 % in the lowest income group.

While the medical fees may be considered a small amount for those in the middle income range and above; vulnerable groups including Indigenous Australians may be forced to choose between going to the GP or buying essential items such as food.

This insurer has a primary focus on helping those who are considered to be in the middle income market, as well as those who are more affluent, with securing the property life insurance protection for their needs.

The primary focus for Assurity resides in middle income Americans, as well as those who own and operate small businesses.

You have to take transport, industry, household, electricity — and, at least in the middle income and rich countries, put it into a zero emission mode.

Charge for eBooks on a sliding scale: One of the reasons piracy is so common in middle income and developing countries is that people just don't have that much disposable income.

«Most of those things aren't really going to reach the lowest income countries or even the poor in middle income countries,» Murray says.

But the existing publicly - available data do show that real, after - tax income growth in the middle income group has lagged behind the quintiles above and below it in the income distribution.

The long term trend actually shows the loss in middle income households has been offset by an increase in upper income households.

Not exact matches

In other words, more than 300 million middle - class consumers with rising disposable incomes are propelling the consumption of China.

A typical middle - class couple with their home paid off needs only about 50 % to 60 % of the income they earned earlier in life to live an equivalent lifestyle.

In an analysis of the changing shape of the American middle class, Pew Research Center divided the population into three groups: Lower - income Americans made less than 2/3 of the median household income, middle - income households had incomes between 2/3 and 200 % of the median, and upper - income households had income more than twice the median income.

In particular, many middle earners without a workplace pension were falling into too - low income ranges after retirement.

The Fraser Institute is calling on the federal government to further tighten Old Age Security eligibility rules in an effort to «to better target lower and middle - income seniors.»

Numerous studies contend a growing number of middle - income workers will not be able to replace the benchmark 60 % to 70 % of their pre-retirement income once they leave the labour force, in large part because of the lack of pension coverage.

«A 1986 - style approach that promises upfront rate cuts to the wealthy is almost guaranteed to give middle - income earners the short end of the stick,» said Schumer, the third most senior Democrat in the Senate.

The income of those at the top of the economic scale continues to rise, while the income of many of those in the middle or bottom has remained stagnant or even declined.

So far, those concerns have had much less impact on sales in emerging markets, where entrance to the middle class includes consumption of higher - calorie, higher - fat food products that are only available with more disposable income.

Take that funding away and the market settles back into something more closely aligned with the underlying reality — the one of high unemployment / underemployment, high oil prices, stagnant middle - and lower - class incomes, unprecedented wealth concentration in the upper class, demolished savers, under - investment in capital, and an ongoing transition to a low - wage service economy hard - pressed to service debt.

There was the 0 percent rate for those in the lowest income tax brackets, and a 20 percent rate for everyone else, which was lowered to 15 percent in 2003 before being made permanent for most middle - income taxpayers in 2012.

In the U.S., Walmart's «stack»em high and watch»em fly» strategy is aimed at middle to lower - income consumers who are watching every penny, while Target has differentiated itself by investing more in the slick look and feel of its storeIn the U.S., Walmart's «stack»em high and watch»em fly» strategy is aimed at middle to lower - income consumers who are watching every penny, while Target has differentiated itself by investing more in the slick look and feel of its storein the slick look and feel of its stores.

Other possible factors that officials said could negatively affect the economic outlook included «persistent weakness in the housing sector, a continued slow rise in household income, or spillovers from developments in the Middle East and Ukraine.»

But now there are four capital gains rates in effect: 0 percent for those in the lowest two brackets, 15 percent for middle - income taxpayers, 18.8 percent for those in the 15 percent bracket who also owe the 3.8 percent Medicare tax, and 23.8 percent for high - income earners who pay the 20 percent capital gains rate plus the 3.8 percent Medicare tax.

The partnership, which rattled the grocery world when announced in June, is expected to reduce prices at Whole Foods, an iconic yet struggling high - end grocery trying to lure more low - and middle - income shoppers.

The financial industry frequently touts 70 % as the percentage of your working income that you'll need to replace, but most middle - class Canadians replace only about 50 % to 60 % of their working income in their golden years, and they say that's just fine.

We believe that there is so much money looking for a home in fixed income, that actually there will continue to be money that comes into the middle part of the curve and the longer part of the curve.

Strong agreement is characteristic of older respondents (55 to 64 — 57 %, 65 + — 56 %), those in lower ($ 20K to $ 40K — 58 %) and middle - income groups ($ 60K to $ 80K — 59 %), in Ontario (54 %) and among Blackberry owners (64 %).

However, another potential plank in the tax reform plan would be much less beneficial for middle - income Americans.

Group GPT: Countries not in Group Spec or LDCT, but are eligible for the General Preferential Tariff (GPT) thanks to their middle - income status.

In the emerging world, many consumers in the rising middle class tap Samsung for their first smart device and trade up into higher - end products as their disposable income growIn the emerging world, many consumers in the rising middle class tap Samsung for their first smart device and trade up into higher - end products as their disposable income growin the rising middle class tap Samsung for their first smart device and trade up into higher - end products as their disposable income grows.

The decoupling of income growth and middle - class wages in the United States since 1970 is a prime example where the two did not move in tandem.

Rachidi says using the tax system to get child care assistance to middle - income families makes sense, in part because it doesn't require any additional administrative infrastructure.

Recent studies indicate that while spending patterns shift in retirement, the overall trend in real dollars is down, and for the majority of retirees in the middle and upper income quintiles, they may find themselves with income that exceeds their spending.

«It will be the biggest transfer of wealth from low - and middle - income people to wealthy people in our country.

«If it becomes important that either low - or middle - income families benefit significantly and directly from the tax bill in order for it to move forward then I think the child tax credit is going to be a big player in seeing that that happens,» Maag said.

She argued that for a generation, America's middle class had been caught in a vise of stagnant incomes and rising expenses.

In Canada, debt is better distributed among middle and upper - income borrowers, he says.

Stagnant wage growth isn't just a problem for those at the bottom of the salary scales: middle - class family incomes are slightly lower now than they were in the 1970s.

Middle - income earners would see their rates jump to 18 percent from around 14 percent in 2012.

The contest will award $ 1 million in prizes to organizations whose innovations will improve economic opportunity for middle - and base - level income earners.

I think the evidence is pretty strong that highest - income Canadians have made out very well over the last 30 years, compared to those in the middle or bottom.

Fred Vettese and Bill Morneau found in their book The Real Retirement that among recent middle - income retirees the «problem group» who have to tighten their belts substantially is estimated at 7 % of households, whereas 60 % find themselves better off in retirement.

In addition, lower - and middle - income groups are relying more and more on their credit cards, with these groups reporting a higher use of credit - card debt.

Several high - and middle - income countries, including the U.S., have put in place legislation and regulation for cleaner air and water.

Just two years ago Wilson was in the middle of the list, at No. 49, but when operating income at the yogawear retailer he founded soared 67 % in 2011, he was catapulted into the Canadian elite.

What's more, the middle class in Asia doesn't just have increasing amounts of disposable income, but also time, education and access to information.

There is also no question that profit sharing has a long and distinguished political pedigree in American history as the bipartisan idea to lift incomes of the working middle class.

However, profit sharing, if sensibly encouraged, can be one bipartisan policy to help increase the working middle's incomes at a time when both Republicans and Democrats are trying to figure out how to fulfill their promises to expand incomes in the future.

Nearly seven in ten (69 %) of middle - income retirees would have liked to have stayed longer in their old careers, but had to leave earlier than they planned for «reasons beyond their control,» the report says — most commonly because of health problems (39 %), being laid off (19 %), or to care for a loved one (9 %).