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The Bogus Flow of Funds Q2 Report Shows $3 Trillion in Addtional Net Household Worth Which Doesn't Exist

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The Q2 2013 Federal Reserve's flow of funds report shows household net worth increased $1.5 trillion to $74.8 trillion in Q2 2013 and hit another record high.  The thing is, magically household net worth was boosted up by unfunded pension funds.  Nice huh, to have an increase in wealth that Americans do not actually have?

Q1 2013 Flow of Funds Shows Corporate Cash at Record High

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The Q1 2013 Federal Reserve's flow of funds report, released June 6th, shows a select few gained handsomely in wealth and corporate cash is once again at record highs.   Household wealth , increased $3 trillion to $70.35 trillion in Q1 2013.  This is a 19% annualized increase from Q4, above 2007 levels and a record high.

Flow of Funds Report - Corporate Cash at Record Highs While Households Slash Mortgage Debt for Q3 2012

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The Q3 2012 Federal Reserve's flow of funds report shows a select few gained handsomely in wealth. Household wealth increased $1.7 trillion to $62.67 trillion in Q2 2012. The gains were in stocks, $524.4 billion worth, mutual funds by $282 billion and real estate values increased.

Q2 2012 Flow of Funds Overview - Household Net Worth Declined, Corporate Cash Still High

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The Q2 2012 Federal Reserve's flow of funds report was released last Thursday. Household wealth decreased $321.9 billion to $62.67 trillion in Q2 2012. The losses were in stocks, mutual funds while real estate values increased. Below is a graph of annual household net worth and notice the Great Recession wealth wipe out in the below graph.

 

Q1 2012 Flow of Funds Shows Some Strange Revisions

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The Q1 2012 Federal Reserve's flow of funds report was released last Thursday with significant revisions. Household wealth increased $2.82 trillion to $62.87 trillion in Q1 2012. The gains were in stocks, mutual funds so the average Joe without portfolios, basically didn't see anything. Below is a graph of annual household net worth.

 

Q4 2011 Flow of Funds Shows Corporate Cash is King

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The Q4 2011 Federal Reserve's flow of funds report is more bad news for Americans, plus holds some obscene statistics from corporate America. Household wealth increased $1.191 trillion to $58.455 trillion in Q4 2011, but is down by $369 billion, from Q4, 2010, or -0.63%. In comparison to the end of 2007, household wealth is still down -$6.743 trillion, or -10.34%. Below is a graph of annual household net worth.

Americans More Broke by -0.3% in Q2 - Flow of Funds Report Says

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Within the Q2 2011 Federal Reserve's flow of funds is more bad news for Americans, we're broker...er.

Household net worth—the difference between the value of assets and liabilities—was $58.5 trillion at the end of the second quarter, about $150 billion less than at the end of the previous quarter.

 

Fed Flow of Funds Report - It's Official, We're Broke..er...er

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The Federal Reserve released their flow of funds Q2 report last Friday. Over 160 pages of data, the report shows debt, wealth, GDP distribution.

According to the Huffington Post, we just got a whole lot poorer (you are shocked I'm sure!):

The net worth of households and non-profit organizations dropped $1.52 trillion during the period from April 1 to June 30 of this year, according to the report released Friday. The new figure, $53.50 trillion, represents a 2.8 percent decline from the previous quarter..

Asset International analyzed the benefit and retirement plan assets, this isn't too good either:

US corporate defined benefit and defined contribution plans had combined assets of $5.32 trillion as of June 30, a 6.8% drop from three months earlier.

As of June 30, while corporate DB plan assets amounted to $2.05 trillion, down 5.4% from the previous quarter, corporate DC plan assets came to $3.27 trillion, down 7.5%, as reported by Pensions & Investments. Meanwhile, total assets in state and local government retirement funds were $2.56 trillion, down 8.2%, while the federal government’s retirement funds totaled $1.311 trillion, down 1%.