* Household wealth increased by over a trillion dollars in the first quarter of '10. That's a gain of 2.1 percent. It was the fourth consecutive quarterly gain.
* But the value of the nation's real estate investments dropped by $26.8 billion. American home values fell by an average of 0.4 percent.
* Personal spending grew by 3.5 percent in the first quarter. That's the highest such number in three years.
* Household debt fell by 2.4 percent, the seventh consecutive quarter in which it declined.
* But the federal government's debt grew by a whopping 18.5 percent.
* And the debt of state and local government combined grew by 4.3 percent, the fifth straight quarterly increase.
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