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June 11, 2009
Debt of the domestic nonfinancial sectors is estimated to have expanded at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4 percent in the first quarter of 2009, about 2 percentage points less than in the previous quarter. The deceleration was concentrated in the business and federal government sectors.
Household debt contracted for the second consecutive quarter, although at a slower pace than in the fourth quarter of 2008. In the first quarter, home mortgage debt growth was about zero, while consumer credit contracted at an annual rate of 3\u00bd percent, similar to the rate in the fourth quarter.
Nonfinancial business debt decreased \u00bc percent at an annual rate in the first quarter, its lowest growth rate since early 1993. The slowdown was concentrated in commercial paper, loans, and commercial mortgage borrowing.
State and local government debt increased at an annual rate of 5 percent last quarter, following a small decline during the previous quarter. Federal government debt growth slowed to 23 percent in the first quarter, following two quarters of growth rates of nearly 40 percent.
At the end of the first quarter of 2009, the level of domestic nonfinancial debt outstanding was $33.9 trillion; household debt was $13.8 trillion, nonfinancial business debt was $11.2 trillion, and total government debt was $9.0 trillion.
Household net worth\u2014the difference between the value of assets and liabilities\u2014was an estimated $50.4 trillion at the end of the first quarter of 2009, $1.3 trillion dollars less than at the end of 2008.
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