But next to $17 trillion, amount to U.S. retirement assets arent now down sharply from their modern all-time high point, theyre and formerly again lower their pre-recession summit of $17.8 trillion stylish 2007. see to it that the chart, courtesy of ICI, below:Credit:ICI in the add up retirement bazaar, assets in vogue personal retirement accounts IRAs totaled $4.6 trillion by the side of the aim of the third quarter, a cut of 8.