A Wealthless Recovery? Asset Ownership and the Uneven Recovery from the Great Recession Accessible Data

Figure 1: Percent changes in real mean wealth since the onset of the Great Recession

Percentile of Usual Income 2007-2010 (Great Recession) 2007-2016 (Great Recession + Recovery)
0-30 (Bottom 30) -10% -31%
31-60 (Middle 30) -40% -35%
61-90 (Next 30) -22% -17%
91-100 (Top 10) -14% 11%

Source: Survey of Consumer Finances 2007-2016.

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Figure 2: Wealth inequality 1995-2016

  1995 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016
Top 10 / Bottom 30 23 33 40 54 45 43 64 72
Top 10 / Middle 30 12 16 17 17 17 25 22 30
Top 10 / Next 30 6 7 7 7 7 8 7 10

Source: Survey of Consumer Finances, 1995-2016.

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Last Update: September 13, 2018