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Comment on Bottom 80% of US Households Persistently Dissaves-Spending More Than Income

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Here's the quick quote from the article explaining why this is "sustainable" over a long-period of time:

"While many have suggested that borrowing is what explains households’ ability to keep spending (it is, some), overwhelmingly it’s holding gains that “fund” the perennial dissaving of the bottom 80%."

It's unclear to me what gains they are actually talking about here. Are they selling stock? Taking money out against their rising house value?

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