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Q1 2012 Flow of Funds Shows Some Strange Revisions

The Q1 2012 Federal Reserve's flow of funds report was released last Thursday with significant revisions. Household wealth increased $2.82 trillion to $62.87 trillion in Q1 2012. The gains were in stocks, mutual funds so the average Joe without portfolios, basically didn't see anything. Below is a graph of annual household net worth.

 

Q4 2011 Flow of Funds Shows Corporate Cash is King

The Q4 2011 Federal Reserve's flow of funds report is more bad news for Americans, plus holds some obscene statistics from corporate America. Household wealth increased $1.191 trillion to $58.455 trillion in Q4 2011, but is down by $369 billion, from Q4, 2010, or -0.63%. In comparison to the end of 2007, household wealth is still down -$6.743 trillion, or -10.34%. Below is a graph of annual household net worth.

Americans More Broke by -0.3% in Q2 - Flow of Funds Report Says

Within the Q2 2011 Federal Reserve's flow of funds is more bad news for Americans, we're broker...er.

Household net worth—the difference between the value of assets and liabilities—was $58.5 trillion at the end of the second quarter, about $150 billion less than at the end of the previous quarter.