middle classes

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That’s because if high-income shoppers scale back their spending, then the other horizontal lines of the “E” — the lower and middle classes — may not have enough spending power to keep the economy afloat.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Tales of withering love leading to betrayal among the upper middle classes are almost as common as murder mysteries.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Most employees who have been furloughed by the federal government are members of the professional and middle classes.

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2025

Demand is increasing in countries with growing middle classes, such as China, South Africa, and India.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025

The Threepenny Opera was a kind of Trainspotting for the late 1920s, presenting the middle classes with a grimy, warts-and-all vision of the alienated, nihilistic underclass.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall