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by astrange 1285 days ago
The difference is mainly that the number I linked is "after taxes and transfers".

Also surely 2019 is not the peak of the business cycle? Feb 2020 is.

Peak-to-now real income is up for bottom 50% of households since then (https://realtimeinequality.org/?id=income&incomeend=09012022...) but flat for the rest due to inflation.