7 days ago · United States
The surprising post-pandemic drop in income inequality
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What we know
Data: Federal Reserve Survey of Consumer Finances; Chart: Neil Irwin/Axios Middle- and lower-earners' inflation-adjusted incomes rose during the Biden years — but high earners saw their incomes fall. That's a surprising finding from one of the most thorough datasets on American household finances, released Friday morning by the Federal Reserve.
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