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

Posted: 21 Sep 2018 Last revised: 25 Jun 2020

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Lisa J. Dettling

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Joanne W. Hsu

University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Institute for Social Research (ISR)

Elizabeth Llanes

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; University of Wisconsin - Madison

Date Written: September, 2018

Abstract

Data from the Federal Reserve Board's Survey of Consumer Finances indicate that although total household wealth has fully recovered from the Great Recession, there has been only modest growth for the vast majority of families since 2010, and most families have not recovered to pre-recession wealth levels. This uneven recovery is explained by declines in home and stock ownership, which have shown little signs of reversing; thus, these disparities appear poised to persist.

Suggested Citation

Dettling, Lisa J. and Hsu, Joanne W. and Llanes, Elizabeth, A Wealthless Recovery? Asset Ownership and the Uneven Recovery from the Great Recession (September, 2018). FEDS Notes No. 2018-09-13, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3252933 or http://dx.doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.2249

Lisa J. Dettling (Contact Author)

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Joanne W. Hsu

University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Institute for Social Research (ISR) ( email )

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Elizabeth Llanes

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

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Washington, DC 20551
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University of Wisconsin - Madison ( email )

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