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Archive Home > 2007 > August > 21 > Incomes dropped for most between 2000, ’05

Incomes dropped for most between 2000, ’05

By David Cay Johnston / The Bulletin
August 21, 2007

Americans earned a smaller average income in 2005 than in 2000, the fifth consecutive year that they had to make ends meet with less money than at the peak of the last economic expansion, new government data shows.

While incomes have been on the rise since 2002, the average income in 2005 was....

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