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The terrible recovery continues. Slow economic growth and high unemployment have kept household income on a downward trajectory.

A recently released Census Bureau report (PDF) reveals that real household money income fell again in 2011, marking the fourth straight annual decline. Median household real money income is now 9 percent off its 2000 peak.

Moreover, the typical American household now has 11 percent less money income than if the trend in income growth present from 1967 to 2000 had persisted through 2011.

To read the original article: The Lost Decade of Income | Small Business Trends