Pew Research Center: Uneven Recovery, 2009-2011 -A Rise in Wealth for the Wealthy; Declines for the Lower 93%

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http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2013/04/23/a-rise-in-wealth-for-the-wealthydeclines-for-the-lower-93/

Released: April 23, 2013
A Rise in Wealth for the Wealthy; Declines for the Lower 93%
An Uneven Recovery, 2009-2011

by Richard Fry and Paul Taylor
Overview

SDT-2013-04-wealth-recovery-0-1During the first two years of the nation?s economic recovery, the mean net worth of households in the upper 7% of the wealth distribution rose by an estimated 28%, while the mean net worth of households in the lower 93% dropped by 4%, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of newly released Census Bureau data...