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middle-income

American  
[mid-l-in-kuhm] / ˈmɪd lˈɪn kʌm /

adjective

  1. of or relating to those with an average income within the overall population.


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“As a policy idea, it’s a terrible idea,” because higher tariff-related costs take a bigger bite out of the budgets of lower- and middle-income households, he added.

From Barron's

The stakes are high for low- and middle-income families.

From MarketWatch

The stakes are high for low- and middle-income families.

From MarketWatch

Last month, lower- and middle-income households’ year-over-year spending growth ticked down to 0.3% and 1.0%, respectively, while higher-income households’ spending growth was more stable at 2.5%, according to Bank of America credit- and debit-card data.

From MarketWatch

Steve Wamhoff, federal policy director for the nonprofit nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, said that the tariffs have “gobbled up a larger share of income from low- and middle-income families than from well-off families, making them an extremely unfair tax increase.”

From Barron's