Households’ inflation-adjusted median net worth, or wealth, climbed 37% from 2019 to 2022, the survey says.
Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesU.S. families’ wealth surged in the years after Covid-19 struck, with widespread gains across rich and poor households.
Households’ inflation-adjusted median net worth, or wealth, climbed 37% from 2019 to 2022, according to the Federal Reserve’s Survey of Consumer Finances released Wednesday.
That was the largest three-year increase since the survey began in 1989.
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