On Oct 17, 2008, at 1:25 PM, Joseph Catron wrote:
> On a note related to this exchange, does anyone know of a good
> demographic tool, like American FactFinder, that includes liquid
> assets?
The only reliable source in the U.S. for this sort of thing is the Fed's Survey of Consumer Finances. It comes out at only three year intervals, and I don't know of any friendly interface for it.
The horse's mouth:
<http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/oss/oss2/scfindex.html>.
Summary wealth distribution stats:
<http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/oss/oss2/papers/concentration.2004.5.pdf
>.
Doug