{"id":29526,"date":"2018-01-09T07:26:22","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T12:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=29526"},"modified":"2018-01-09T07:26:22","modified_gmt":"2018-01-09T12:26:22","slug":"median-family-net-worth-under-1989-level-debt-to-money-worst-since-62","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=29526","title":{"rendered":"Median Family Net Worth Under 1989 Level: Debt-to-Money Worst Since 62\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<header>\n<div class=\"story-header-area\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"story-header\">\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themaven.net\/mishtalk\/economics\/median-family-net-worth-under-1989-level-debt-to-money-worst-since-62-cwXTp9wGcEutEtpQXgNd0A\">Median Family Net Worth Under 1989 Level: Debt-to-Money Worst Since 62<span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"deck\">As the stock market soars to new highs, here&#8217;s some sobering statistics to consider.<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<article class=\"story-body\">\n<div class=\"body\">\n<div class=\"markdown\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>The stock market is at an all-time high but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/americans-owe-more-save-less-and-are-poorer-than-in-decades-1515262277-9a755b0c-edd1-4abe-a9e9-1f7d1b632978.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Americans Owe More, Save Less, and are Poorer Than in Decades<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"markdown\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Negative Wealth Percentage On the Rise<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"renderable configurableRenderable__3Z77r\">\n<figure class=\"image\">\n<div class=\"picture__28iqY picture loaded\">\n<div class=\"observable\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/imageproxy.themaven.net\/https%3A%2F%2Fs3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fmaven-user-photos%2Fmishtalk%2Feconomics%2FzmfATcSa4EegwR7v_znq6Q%2FZGlUFfJ6HUCRqZOSgyQxew\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imageproxy.themaven.net\/https%3A%2F%2Fs3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fmaven-user-photos%2Fmishtalk%2Feconomics%2FzmfATcSa4EegwR7v_znq6Q%2FZGlUFfJ6HUCRqZOSgyQxew?w=662&amp;q=75&amp;h=323.6957026713124&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=crop 1x, https:\/\/imageproxy.themaven.net\/https%3A%2F%2Fs3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fmaven-user-photos%2Fmishtalk%2Feconomics%2FzmfATcSa4EegwR7v_znq6Q%2FZGlUFfJ6HUCRqZOSgyQxew?w=993&amp;q=75&amp;h=486&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=crop 1.5x, https:\/\/imageproxy.themaven.net\/https%3A%2F%2Fs3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fmaven-user-photos%2Fmishtalk%2Feconomics%2FzmfATcSa4EegwR7v_znq6Q%2FZGlUFfJ6HUCRqZOSgyQxew?w=1324&amp;q=75&amp;h=647&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=crop 2x, https:\/\/imageproxy.themaven.net\/https%3A%2F%2Fs3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fmaven-user-photos%2Fmishtalk%2Feconomics%2FzmfATcSa4EegwR7v_znq6Q%2FZGlUFfJ6HUCRqZOSgyQxew?w=1986&amp;q=75&amp;h=971&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=crop 3x \" alt=\"\" width=\"662\" height=\"323.6957026713124\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"markdown\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Sobering Stats<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"markdown\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>A greater share of Americans have more debt than money in the bank than at any point since 1962, according to Deutsche Bank economist Torsten Slok.<\/li>\n<li>30.4% of US families have negative net worth despite the recovery in housing and the stock market.<\/li>\n<li>Median net worth is below where it was in 1989.<\/li>\n<li>Inflation adjusted, net worth may be the worst in history. $78,000 is not worth what it was in 1989, to say the least.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Median Family Net Worth Under 1989 Level: Debt-to-Money Worst Since 62\u00a0 As the stock market soars to new highs, here&#8217;s some sobering statistics to consider. The stock market is at an all-time high but Americans Owe More, Save Less, and are Poorer Than in Decades. Negative Wealth Percentage On the Rise Sobering Stats A greater [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[195,17830,17829,14648,13390,1138],"class_list":["post-29526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics","tag-debt","tag-debt-to-money","tag-median-family-net-worth","tag-michael-shedlock","tag-mishtalk","tag-stock-market"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29526"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29527,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29526\/revisions\/29527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}