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Thursday, June 10, 2021
Fed's Flow of Funds: Household Net Worth Increased $5.0 Trillion in Q1
The Federal Reserve released the Q1 2021 Flow of Funds report today: Financial Accounts of the United States.
The net worth of households and nonprofits rose to $136.9 trillion during the first quarter of 2021. The value of directly and indirectly held corporate equities increased $3.2 trillion and the value of real estate increased $1.0 trillion.
Household debt increased 6.5 percent at an annual rate in the first quarter of 2021. Consumer credit grew at an annual rate of 3 percent, while mortgage debt (excluding charge-offs) grew at an annual rate of 5.4 percent.
Click on graph for larger image.The first graph shows Households and Nonprofit net worth as a percent of GDP.
With the sharp decline in GDP in Q2, net worth as a percent of GDP increased sharply. This reversed somewhat in Q3 as GDP bounced back (even as net worth increased). But now net worth as a percent of GDP is at an all time high.
This includes real estate and financial assets (stocks, bonds, pension reserves, deposits, etc) net of liabilities (mostly mortgages). Note that this does NOT include public debt obligations.
This graph shows homeowner percent equity since 1952.
Household percent equity (as measured by the Fed) collapsed when house prices fell sharply in 2007 and 2008.
In Q1 2021, household percent equity (of household real estate) was at 67.3% - up from 66.7% in Q4.
Note: about 30.3% of owner occupied households had no mortgage debt as of April 2010. So the approximately 50+ million households with mortgages have less than 67.3% equity - and about 1.4 million homeowners still have negative equity.
The third graph shows household real estate assets and mortgage debt as a percent of GDP. Note this graph was impacted by the sharp decline in Q2 GDP.
Mortgage debt increased by $117 billion in Q1.
Mortgage debt is still down from the peak during the housing bubble, and, as a percent of GDP is at 50.0% - down from Q4 - and down from a peak of 73.5% of GDP during the housing bubble.
The value of real estate, as a percent of GDP, increased in Q1, and is above the average of the last 30 years.
This graph shows homeowner percent equity since 1952. Household percent equity (as measured by the Fed) collapsed when house prices fell sharply in 2007 and 2008.
In Q1 2021, household percent equity (of household real estate) was at 67.3% - up from 66.7% in Q4.
Note: about 30.3% of owner occupied households had no mortgage debt as of April 2010. So the approximately 50+ million households with mortgages have less than 67.3% equity - and about 1.4 million homeowners still have negative equity.
The third graph shows household real estate assets and mortgage debt as a percent of GDP. Note this graph was impacted by the sharp decline in Q2 GDP.Mortgage debt increased by $117 billion in Q1.
Mortgage debt is still down from the peak during the housing bubble, and, as a percent of GDP is at 50.0% - down from Q4 - and down from a peak of 73.5% of GDP during the housing bubble.
The value of real estate, as a percent of GDP, increased in Q1, and is above the average of the last 30 years.
