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> which is further understandable since the graphic doesn't make it obvious whether or not it is nominal dollars or adjusted dollars

Except for the part where it says "Median family wealth, in 2018 dollars"?




Indeed, mea culpa it is too late. I ultimately had to go to the source to confirm:

https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2020/01/09/trends-...

Where it was clearer:

> Even so, the gains for both lower- and middle-income families were outdistanced by upper-income families, whose median wealth increased by 85% over the same period, from $344,100 in 1983 to $636,000 in 2001. (Figures are expressed in 2018 dollars.)




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