BTW, how is the "whole nation richer" when the balance sheet just keeps hemmoraging red ink? Consumer debt is something like near 90% of GDP. "Rich" isn't a Nintendo or Playstation in every home, it's lasting stuff like paid off homes and money in the bank (that doesn't depreciate like water evaporating either).
You're looking at the wrong balance sheet. Page 112, Household networth is at an all-time high. $48.5 trillion.