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U.S. Household Balance Sheet Analysis
Prepared for OECD Working Party on Financial
Statistics Meeting By Susan Hume
McIntosh October 10, 2005 Paris, France
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Wall Street Journal September 22, 2005

• The net worth of American households climbed
  again in the second quarter, bolstering the
  ability of families to weather soaring energy
  prices.
• In its quarterly flow of funds report, the
  Federal Reserve said U.S. household net worth
  rose for the eleventh-consecutive quarter to a
  record 49.8 trillion in the second quarter of
  2005. up 9.4 from a year earlier.
• With energy costs rising, households have
  been saving less of their take-home pay in recent
  months. But they have kept spending from
  accumulated wealth and by borrowing against
  wealth.
• Household assets are rising at a healthy clip.
  That leaves consumers in good shape.

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U.S. Household Net Worth
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U.S. Household Assets
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U.S. Household Assets
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U.S. Household Assets
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U.S. Household Debt
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U.S. Household Home Equity
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U.S. Household Debt
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U.S. Household Debt
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U.S. Household Debt
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