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To: Ilaine who wrote (116252)	8/9/2001 7:04:15 AM
From: smolejv@gmx.net	Respond to of 436258

euro 88.66 & climbing.

To: Ilaine who wrote (116252)	8/9/2001 10:21:23 AM
From: Oblomov	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

>> Similarly, debt isn't distributed evenly. The rich also have more debt. In absolute terms, yes, but certainly not as a % of assets. See the 1998 SCF: federalreserve.gov ratio of debt payment to family income, by net worth %ile group: < 25: 14.0 25-49.9: 19.0 50 - 74.9: 17.7 75 - 89.9: 14.4 90-100: 10.3 from table 14, p. 24, 1998 SCF By any traditional measure of financial stress, the middle class is in trouble right now. Not so the wealthy...