{"id":292205,"date":"2026-02-19T19:56:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T19:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/292205\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T19:56:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T19:56:18","slug":"where-do-you-land-in-the-k-shaped-economy-do-you-think-that-will-change-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/292205\/","title":{"rendered":"Where do you land in the K-shaped economy? Do you think that will change in 2026?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmlsbv4pv00cs27nu4qia01xj@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            There\u2019s a widening gap between the haves and the have-nots in the United States, and economists are increasingly sounding the alarm. Income inequality has expanded in a short timeframe, and various economic indicators \u2013 including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/02\/10\/business\/retail-sales-december\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rising delinquency rates<\/a> \u2013 are flashing a warning sign.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmlsc9spo000a3j6sg0ehdd9j@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/12\/31\/economy\/k-shaped-consumers-left-behind-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cK-shaped\u201d<\/a> economic recovery may be working for some Americans, but not all.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmlsccx8l000p3j6s1m8cfbxv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Despite solid economic growth, booming stock values, cooling inflation and a stable unemployment rate, the economic gains have been uneven.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmlsczpkd00153j6stkjvubji@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            What spur of the \u201cK\u201d do you feel like you\u2019re on, and do you see that changing as this year progresses?\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmlsd3ngv001i3j6svpkppokd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            As you reflect on how you\u2019re navigating this economy, how do you anticipate your household financial situation will fare in 2026 and beyond? If you\u2019d be willing to share your experience with a CNN reporter for possible inclusion in an upcoming story, we\u2019d like to hear from you.\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s a widening gap between the haves and the have-nots in the United States, and economists are increasingly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292206,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[138,219,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-292205","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-economy","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}