Thursday, December 12, 2019

Total Household Net Worth As A Percent Of GDP 3Q 2019

The following chart is from the CalculatedRisk post of December 12, 2019 titled “Fed Flow of Funds: Household Net Worth Increased in Q3.” 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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U.S. Total Household Net Worth As A Percent Of GDP

As seen in the above-referenced CalculatedRisk post:
The net worth of households and nonprofits rose to $113.8 trillion during the third quarter of 2019. The value of directly and indirectly held corporate equities decreased $0.3 trillion and the value of real estate increased $0.2 trillion.
As I have written in previous posts concerning 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 3164.84 as this post is written

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