Economic Conditions

Across 38 nations, a median of 42% say the U.S. is the world’s leading economy, while 32% name China. But the economic balance of power has shifted in the eyes of some key U.S. allies and trading partners.

Brazil today is entangled in a profound economic and political crisis. Read key findings about Brazilians’ views of their country’s ongoing challenges.

Many Europeans, Japanese and Americans feel better today about their nations' economies than they did before the financial crisis, according to a new global survey by Pew Research Center. But those public sentiments aren't always aligned with a nation's actual economic performance.

In April, there were more than 6 million nonfarm job openings, according to the federal government's Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey.

Nearly a decade after the Great Recession, economic spirits are reviving around the world. But many are pessimistic about the next generation's financial future.

The American middle class is smaller than middle classes across Western Europe, but its income is higher.

While North American Free Trade Agreement enjoys wide support from Canadians and Mexicans, it is viewed less favorably in the United States.

Through both recession and recovery, the share of young adults living in their parents’ home continues to rise. As of 2016, 15% of 25- to 35-year-old Millennials were living in their parents’ home.

As part of a new study, Pew Research Center designed income calculators to help you determine where you fit on the income ladder in Western Europe.

As the Mexican share of the total declined, the unauthorized immigrant population in the U.S. in 2015 was smaller than when the Great Recession ended.