Joe Weisenthal
Dec. 6, 2012, 9:41 PM
The Federal Reserve's quarterly Flow Of Funds report came out today. It contains a wealth of information related to the balance sheets and incomes of various parts of the economy: households, corporations, non-profits, levels of government, and so forth.
Calculated Risk presents what is one of the most important charts derived from the data: Household Net Worth as a Percent of GDP.
As you can see, household net worth is over 400 percent of GDP. This is really a key thing to realize and think about, when you talk about "the national debt." The debt that is owed (much of it to ourselves and the Fed) is dwarfed by the assets that households have. Remember, the national debt is somewhere around 100 percent of GDP. Ultimately, government debt flows through to households, and so even after household debt, the net worth of America is massively positive. We're not broke at all, or even close.
Oh! Well, in that case lets spend a couple more trillion on green energy scams and political pork! Nothing to see here. Party on! We still have some household net worth to borrow against!
Joe Weisenthal is a total freakin’ idiot. His posts are always warped and twisted. Like the rest of his Socialist Democrat Comrades, he drinks the Koolaide of lies and deception.
Wow! Great chart! Looks like 1974-5 was the beginning of the asymptotic increase that we are just left behind (no pun intended).
What changed in 1974-5? Was it the greater use of Credit Cards? Was it the conversion of a Manufacturing dominant society to a Service dominant society? What changed?