Total Household Net Worth As A Percent Of GDP 2Q 2015

The following chart is from the CalculatedRisk blog post of September 18, 2015 titled “Fed’s Flow of Funds:  Household Net Worth at Record High at end of Q2.” It depicts Total Household Net Worth as a Percent of GDP.  The underlying data is from the Federal Reserve’s Z.1 report, “Financial Accounts of the United States“:

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As seen in the above-referenced CalculatedRisk blog post:

Household net worth was at $85.7 trillion in Q2 2015, up from $85.0 billion in Q1.  Net worth will probably decline in Q3 due to the decline in the stock market..

The Fed estimated that the value of household real estate increased to $21.5 trillion in Q2 2015. The value of household real estate is still $1.0 trillion below the peak in early 2006 (not adjusted for inflation).

I have written in previous posts on this Household Net Worth (as a percent of GDP) topic:

As one can see, the first outsized peak was in 2000, and attained after the stock market bull market / stock market bubbles and economic strength.  The second outsized peak was in 2007, right near the peak of the housing bubble as well as near the stock market peak.

also:

I could extensively write about various interpretations that can be made from this chart.  One way this chart can be interpreted is a gauge of “what’s in it for me?” as far as the aggregated wealth citizens are gleaning from economic activity, as measured compared to GDP.

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The Special Note summarizes my overall thoughts about our economic situation

SPX at 1978.30 as this post is written