The Typical Household, Now Worth a Third
Less
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The inflation-adjusted net worth for the typical
household was $87992 in 2003. Ten years later, it was only $56335, or a 36
percent decline, according to a study financed by the Russell Sage Foundation.
Those are the figures for a household at the median point in the wealth
distribution — the level at which there are an equal number of households whose
worth is higher and lower. But during the same period, the net worth of wealthy
households increased substantially.
美國家庭財富嚴重縮水
10年銳減三分之一
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羅素-賽奇基金會資助的一項調查顯示，經濟通貨膨脹調整後，2003年典型美國家庭的收入凈值為87992美元。十年過後，這個收入則僅有56335美元，足足減少36%。這些是處在財富分配中層的家庭的收入數據，這個標準也意味着有相同比例的家庭的收入高於或低於這個水準。然而與此同時，富裕家庭的凈收入實際上是在增加的。
