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Federal Reserve Flow of Funds Accounts of the U.S. Fourth Quarter 2011

Federal Reserve statistical release – Z.1, Flow of Funds Accounts of the United States, Flows and Outstandings, Fourth Quarter 2011

  • “Debt of the domestic nonfinancial sectors expanded at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011, about ½ percentage point more than the pace registered in the third quarter. Household debt increased at an annual rate of ¼ percent in the fourth quarter, the first increase since the second quarter of 2008. Consumer credit rose at an annual rate of 7 percent in the fourth quarter, the fifth consecutive quarterly increase. Home mortgage debt declined 1½ percent in the fourth quarter, the smallest decline since the end of 2009. Nonfinancial business debt rose at an annual rate of 4½ percent in the fourth quarter, 1 percentage point higher than its third-quarter pace. Corporate bonds outstanding and business loans increased while commercial mortgage debt continued to decline.”
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