{"id":41108,"date":"2026-02-12T16:27:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T16:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=41108"},"modified":"2026-02-12T16:27:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T16:27:54","slug":"middle-income-financial-stress-heres-what-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=41108","title":{"rendered":"Middle-income financial stress: Here&#8217;s what to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"ClipPlayer-clipPlayerIntroShare\">\n<p><span class=\"SocialShare-socialShareText\">Share<\/span><button class=\"SocialShare-socialShareButton\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"SocialShare-socialShareFacebook\" data-analytic-id=\"Share Published\" data-location=\"Video Detail\" data-provider=\"facebook\"\/><span class=\"SocialShare-socialShareLabel\">Share Article via Facebook<\/span><\/button><button class=\"SocialShare-socialShareButton\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"SocialShare-socialShareTwitter\" data-analytic-id=\"Share Published\" data-location=\"Video Detail\" data-provider=\"twitter\"\/><span class=\"SocialShare-socialShareLabel\">Share Article via Twitter<\/span><\/button><button class=\"SocialShare-socialShareButton\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"SocialShare-socialShareLinkedin\" data-analytic-id=\"Share Published\" data-location=\"Video Detail\" data-provider=\"linkedin\"\/><span class=\"SocialShare-socialShareLabel\">Share Article via LinkedIn<\/span><\/button><button class=\"SocialShare-socialShareButton\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"SocialShare-socialShareEmail\" data-analytic-id=\"Share Published\" data-location=\"Video Detail\" data-provider=\"email\"\/><span class=\"SocialShare-socialShareLabel\">Share Article via Email<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>New data shows a growing financial strain on U.S. households is reflected not only in the divide between rich and poor. There&#8217;s also a widening gap in spending growth between higher income and middle income households, reflecting affordability issues impacting millions of Americans. CNBC&#8217;s Sharon Epperson joins &#8216;Squawk Box&#8217; with more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/video\/2026\/02\/12\/middle-income-financial-stress-heres-what-to-know.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email New data shows a growing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":41109,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-41108","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-investing","8":"cs-entry","9":"cs-video-wrap"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/41109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}