Across the United States, low wage workers are starting the year with bigger paychecks as a new wave of minimum wage hikes ...

Yet, for many Americans, it doesn’t feel that way. A closely watched Index of Consumer Sentiment, published by the University of Michigan, fell to 67.8 in February, its lowest mark since last summer.

Policymakers keep reaching for the minimum wage as a quick fix for rising prices, but the mechanics of inflation do not bend that easily. Higher pay can help low earners catch up to past price spikes, ...

Hundreds of thousands of workers across more than a dozen cities and states will soon receive higher pay, thanks to minimum wage hikes set to take effect July 1. More than 800,000 workers in two ...

A closely watched Index of Consumer Sentiment, published by the University of Michigan, fell to 67.8 in February, its lowest mark since last summer. A recent survey by WalletHub, the personal finance ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) A lot can change in 25 years, which is the last time researchers analyzed construction ...