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A lot of the sources of savings were in houses, which burst in 2008.
A lot of the sources of savings were in houses, which burst in 2008.
How much equity was lost due to inflated gains vs down payments/mortgage payments. I'd say much more the former than the latter, If I had to guess.
The stock market crash in the early 2000's was really brutal for a lot of folks as well.