Fed Says U.S. Wealth Fell 38.8% In 2007-2010 On Housing  —  The financial crisis wiped out 18 years of gains for the median U.S. household net worth, with a 38.8 percent plunge from 2007 to 2010 that was led by the collapse in home prices, a Federal Reserve study showed.

Fed reports how much recession shrank US wealth  —  WASHINGTON  —  The Great Recession shrank Americans' wealth so much that in 2010 median family net worth was no more than it had been in 1992 after adjusting for inflation, the Federal Reserve reported Monday.

Loss of wealth highlights economic anxiety  —  *** Here's your economic anxiety: The U.S. economy actually is growing (compared with some European countries); it's adding jobs (though at a much slower pace than earlier this year); and the Dow Jones is up considerably from three years ago (but it's recently gone down).