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Flow of Funds Summary StatisticsFirst Quarter 2009
Debt of the domestic nonfinancial sectors isestimated to have expanded at a seasonally adjustedannual rate of 4 percent in the first quarter of 2009,about 2 percentage points less than in the previousquarter. The deceleration was concentrated in thebusiness and federal government sectors.Household debt contracted for the secondconsecutive quarter, although at a slower pace than inthe fourth quarter of 2008. In the first quarter, homemortgage debt growth was about zero, while consumercredit contracted at an annual rate of 3½ percent,similar to the rate in the fourth quarter.Nonfinancial business debt decreased ¼percent at an annual rate in the first quarter, its lowestgrowth rate since early 1993. The slowdown wasconcentrated in commercial paper, loans, andcommercial mortgage borrowing.State and local government debt increased atan annual rate of 5 percent last quarter, following asmall decline during the previous quarter. Federalgovernment debt growth slowed to 23 percent in thefirst quarter, following two quarters of growth rates of nearly 40 percent.At the end of the first quarter of 2009, thelevel of domestic nonfinancial debt outstanding was$33.9 trillion; household debt was $13.8 trillion,nonfinancial business debt was $11.2 trillion, and totalgovernment debt was $9.0 trillion.Household net worth—the difference betweenthe value of assets and liabilities—was 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.
Percent Change of Domestic Nonfinancial Debt
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Quarterly data are seasonally adjusted annual rates
Total Households BusinessState andlocal govts.Federal
1999 6.4 8.4 10.8 3.3 -1.92000 5.0 9.1 9.3 1.4 -8.020016.3 9.6 5.8 8.8 -0.220027.3 10.8 2.6 11.1 7.620038.1 11.6 2.5 8.3 10.920048.9 11.1 6.2 7.4 9.020059.5 11.0 8.7 10.2 7.020069.0 10.1 10.5 8.2 3.920078.7 6.6 13.5 9.3 4.920085.9 0.4 5.1 1.8 24.22008:Q15.4 3.0 7.5 3.5 8.1Q23.2 0.4 6.1 0.9 5.9Q38.3 0.1 5.0 3.2 39.2Q46.2 -2.0 1.5 -0.4 37.02009:Q14.1 -1.1 -0.3 4.9 22.6Note. Changes shown are on an end-of-period basis.
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