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Household Balance Sheet Q4/2008-Net Worth Down $11.2 trillion From Year Earlier

Posted on May 26, 2009 by John Rutledge

As you know from my recent posts, I spend a lot more time thinking about balance sheets and a lot less thinking about GDP, than most economists. In this post I want to look at the balance sheet of the … Continue reading →

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Total Assets of the U.S. Economy $188 Trillion, 13.4xGDP

Posted on May 24, 2009 by John Rutledge

I recently wrote about the fact that the forces impacting the U.S. economy’s balance sheet, at about $200 trillion, dominate those affecting GDP (just over $14 trillion) when thinking about interest rates and stock prices. A blog reader wrote to … Continue reading →

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