Sentences with phrase «middle class households»

The low - quality curricula that has long been a problem for poor families is also proving to be difficult for middle class households as well.

We know it is huge, there are hundreds of millions of middle class households with creative pursuits.

That is indeed expensive for middle class households who might prefer to spend that money on a summer vacation.

The failure by successive governments to build new homes has grossly distorted property prices and caused a crisis that has hit both poor and middle class households alike.

First, substantial direct or indirect wealth transfers from the state sector to Chinese households will unleash a surge in household consumption as household income rises (and because the interest on bank deposits is an important source of income for most middle and lower middle class households, if the authorities reduce interest rates, as struggling borrowers are demanding, China actually moves in the wrong direction).

Some pretty well - off middle class households will be mightily irritated by the cut to the top rate.

For such middle class households, travelling overseas is a priority as their discretionary spending expands.»

Many upper - middle class households with young children are caught between an inability to afford childcare and an inability to sustain on one less income with a stay - at - home parent — a predicament that has a driving force on their housing decisions.

It reveals that the median income for middle class households fell by nearly 5 percent between 2000 and 2014, and their median wealth (assets minus debt) declined by 28 percent after the housing market crisis and the subsequent recession.

According to the Zillow Housing Aspirations Report (ZHAR), many upper - middle class households choose to put down roots close to relatives who can provide childcare, even more so than low - income households.

Roughly one - quarter of upper - middle class household members surveyed for the report, as well, cite «proximity to family» as an influencer on their choice about where to live.

New analysis of government data by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reveals a connection between rising student loan debt and the onset of the housing slump, and offers yet another example of how lower home values have hurt millions of middle class households and threatens the fragile economic recovery.

Retirement assets like 401 (k) accounts and IRAs make up more than one in every three dollars of U.S. investments — and for middle and upper - middle class households they're often the largest asset outside the family home.

Brought up in a middle class household and sent away to boarding school he was very close to his brothers and sisters.

There's no social equity reason that low - income or middle class households should be subsidizing hydro bills for cottage owners or other high - income households in rural areas.

3 Wealth Inequality In the UK, the «haves» — wealthy landowners and middle class households, have been able to take advantage of feed - in tariffs and subsidies by erecting solar panels and turbines on their property.

As a result, middle class households could still have less money to spend on retail and recreational activities.

Middle class households may be better positioned to cover their expenses, but they may not be increasing their spending on retail and recreation anyway, industry sources say.

Middle class households may be...