© 2025 Public Radio East
Public Radio For Eastern North Carolina 89.3 WTEB New Bern 88.5 WZNB New Bern 91.5 WBJD Atlantic Beach 90.3 WKNS Kinston 88.5 WHYC Swan Quarter 89.9 W210CF Greenville
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
89.3 WTEB operating at reduced power
US

New report finds wealthiest 10% of Americans own majority of U.S. stocks

A new report from CNBC reveals that the wealthiest 10% of Americans now own the majority of U.S. stocks — a staggering 89%.

The report signals the latest addition in how the wealthy have grown richer during the pandemic and highlights the continued inequality in the stock market.

Here & Now‘s Tonya Mosley gets the latest with Roben Farzad, host of public radio’s “Full Disclosure.”

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

US