Deleveraging and Recent Trends in Household Debt, Accessible Data

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Figure 1: Household Debt and Disposable Personal Income

Source: Financial Accounts of the United States.

Trillions

Quarter Household Debt Disposable Personal Income
1952q1 0.079385 0.243603
1952q2 0.082576 0.246634
1952q3 0.08538 0.253244
1952q4 0.089008 0.259116
1953q1 0.092859 0.263286
1953q2 0.095831 0.267131
1953q3 0.098402 0.267312
1953q4 0.100617 0.267572
1954q1 0.102141 0.270296
1954q2 0.105149 0.270192
1954q3 0.107381 0.272157
1954q4 0.111319 0.27709
1955q1 0.116051 0.28252
1955q2 0.121433 0.289051
1955q3 0.126447 0.295529
1955q4 0.130885 0.299805
1956q1 0.134993 0.304135
1956q2 0.138702 0.309099
1956q3 0.142042 0.313701
1956q4 0.145325 0.320348
1957q1 0.148609 0.324179
1957q2 0.151411 0.328541
1957q3 0.154238 0.332983
1957q4 0.156591 0.332703
1958q1 0.1583 0.334244
1958q2 0.160009 0.337089
1958q3 0.162804 0.34414
1958q4 0.166667 0.348233
1959q1 0.171522 0.353634
1959q2 0.176409 0.360706
1959q3 0.181811 0.362351
1959q4 0.187312 0.366933
1960q1 0.191138 0.371809
1960q2 0.19519 0.376097
1960q3 0.199098 0.378212
1960q4 0.202626 0.379743
1961q1 0.205829 0.384139
1961q2 0.208353 0.389955
1961q3 0.212191 0.396568
1961q4 0.217462 0.40467
1962q1 0.221368 0.410327
1962q2 0.226772 0.416111
1962q3 0.231924 0.419364
1962q4 0.237651 0.424328
1963q1 0.243252 0.429172
1963q2 0.249108 0.433795
1963q3 0.256045 0.440663
1963q4 0.262976 0.449518
1964q1 0.269978 0.46055
1964q2 0.276305 0.474004
1964q3 0.283325 0.481748
1964q4 0.289687 0.488849
1965q1 0.296926 0.496179
1965q2 0.303782 0.504323
1965q3 0.31066 0.520063
1965q4 0.316938 0.532157
1966q1 0.324091 0.54161
1966q2 0.328754 0.547482
1966q3 0.33258 0.558405
1966q4 0.336164 0.569276
1967q1 0.339345 0.579473
1967q2 0.342631 0.586742
1967q3 0.348488 0.59773
1967q4 0.354541 0.607193
1968q1 0.360627 0.624074
1968q2 0.366714 0.640936
1968q3 0.373879 0.649143
1968q4 0.382258 0.660843
1969q1 0.388082 0.668721
1969q2 0.39529 0.684766
1969q3 0.401955 0.70785
1969q4 0.40792 0.721675
1970q1 0.40827 0.737189
1970q2 0.410203 0.754131
1970q3 0.414695 0.773379
1970q4 0.419675 0.78141
1971q1 0.429696 0.804631
1971q2 0.436447 0.825671
1971q3 0.446896 0.838197
1971q4 0.458697 0.853224
1972q1 0.471286 0.866178
1972q2 0.482888 0.880089
1972q3 0.496063 0.904924
1972q4 0.512309 0.948551
1973q1 0.530364 0.966902
1973q2 0.545023 0.993408
1973q3 0.559025 1.015959
1973q4 0.575198 1.048213
1974q1 0.588886 1.061597
1974q2 0.600746 1.081469
1974q3 0.612752 1.1117
1974q4 0.621265 1.138457
1975q1 0.629913 1.157933
1975q2 0.634573 1.226477
1975q3 0.647544 1.231254
1975q4 0.666083 1.261488
1976q1 0.685838 1.290456
1976q2 0.70197 1.308055
1976q3 0.721806 1.337692
1976q4 0.746034 1.36691
1977q1 0.772557 1.391164
1977q2 0.802887 1.432595
1977q3 0.835005 1.476478
1977q4 0.867889 1.526535
1978q1 0.901849 1.562876
1978q2 0.940748 1.610855
1978q3 0.979897 1.651029
1978q4 1.019946 1.695518
1979q1 1.062641 1.745731
1979q2 1.100041 1.777854
1979q3 1.140935 1.830535
1979q4 1.18134 1.883009
1980q1 1.219156 1.945976
1980q2 1.228493 1.964614
1980q3 1.254472 2.035013
1980q4 1.28457 2.126202
1981q1 1.307979 2.173012
1981q2 1.335177 2.208757
1981q3 1.356862 2.290864
1981q4 1.376143 2.330261
1982q1 1.396261 2.362593
1982q2 1.410561 2.398832
1982q3 1.408191 2.449613
1982q4 1.427893 2.487935
1983q1 1.435857 2.530931
1983q2 1.469196 2.572389
1983q3 1.511182 2.645626
1983q4 1.561262 2.720649
1984q1 1.617834 2.806259
1984q2 1.671741 2.880722
1984q3 1.717476 2.94292
1984q4 1.769878 2.985638
1985q1 1.868281 3.014136
1985q2 1.919737 3.098044
1985q3 1.994889 3.112238
1985q4 2.060823 3.169669
1986q1 2.114229 3.232174
1986q2 2.171129 3.271242
1986q3 2.246556 3.311167
1986q4 2.315379 3.336948
1987q1 2.357505 3.400408
1987q2 2.43253 3.39948
1987q3 2.492438 3.493721
1987q4 2.527248 3.571504
1988q1 2.600867 3.651715
1988q2 2.671772 3.729954
1988q3 2.735182 3.812275
1988q4 2.800038 3.887673
1989q1 2.865735 3.979805
1989q2 2.930578 4.020956
1989q3 3.001243 4.071453
1989q4 3.0694 4.136348
1990q1 3.155151 4.230723
1990q2 3.21426 4.294353
1990q3 3.2701 4.349913
1990q4 3.313646 4.37203
1991q1 3.363532 4.403031
1991q2 3.416944 4.457005
1991q3 3.432483 4.503445
1991q4 3.482937 4.574456
1992q1 3.53379 4.701356
1992q2 3.560602 4.781976
1992q3 3.60996 4.833462
1992q4 3.665125 4.884216
1993q1 3.69771 4.940843
1993q2 3.757836 4.982921
1993q3 3.817589 5.007673
1993q4 3.885203 5.069489
1994q1 3.954128 5.123115
1994q2 4.02809 5.206227
1994q3 4.098557 5.274537
1994q4 4.186711 5.372975
1995q1 4.261703 5.450268
1995q2 4.33909 5.493511
1995q3 4.418266 5.564846
1995q4 4.487342 5.621646
1996q1 4.593097 5.707243
1996q2 4.673375 5.799819
1996q3 4.736968 5.87108
1996q4 4.811171 5.941631
1997q1 4.881267 6.027737
1997q2 4.945409 6.094276
1997q3 5.036016 6.182666
1997q4 5.097361 6.290722
1998q1 5.185896 6.424437
1998q2 5.29425 6.525723
1998q3 5.37819 6.612147
1998q4 5.495927 6.682773
1999q1 5.631198 6.760026
1999q2 5.745174 6.81291
1999q3 5.880033 6.894656
1999q4 5.985186 7.03758
2000q1 6.105846 7.2363
2000q2 6.250453 7.344901
2000q3 6.410252 7.476959
2000q4 6.555141 7.543832
2001q1 6.712193 7.659066
2001q2 6.887616 7.68896
2001q3 7.052705 7.876684
2001q4 7.213862 7.78436
2002q1 7.404844 7.988201
2002q2 7.580534 8.090544
2002q3 7.792055 8.12081
2002q4 8.025052 8.197212
2003q1 8.233569 8.278078
2003q2 8.494977 8.405181
2003q3 8.756256 8.595108
2003q4 9.012809 8.664765
2004q1 9.228839 8.794462
2004q2 9.501355 8.943526
2004q3 9.776146 9.042913
2004q4 10.07955 9.228233
2005q1 10.32846 9.186563
2005q2 10.62214 9.320841
2005q3 10.94139 9.471452
2005q4 11.23325 9.624379
2006q1 11.60872 9.889811
2006q2 11.91337 9.981056
2006q3 12.18013 10.08115
2006q4 12.37232 10.19552
2007q1 12.61239 10.35798
2007q2 12.84495 10.4605
2007q3 13.07475 10.54731
2007q4 13.22904 10.66216
2008q1 13.34333 10.8312
2008q2 13.35824 11.17541
2008q3 13.31782 11.02971
2008q4 13.23132 10.94137
2009q1 13.20276 10.85895
2009q2 13.13104 10.98519
2009q3 13.04656 10.93302
2009q4 12.97218 10.99295
2010q1 12.8069 11.04146
2010q2 12.72419 11.19764
2010q3 12.63956 11.28666
2010q4 12.56297 11.42572
2011q1 12.53223 11.6522
2011q2 12.49859 11.75167
2011q3 12.47248 11.87663
2011q4 12.45421 11.92491
2012q1 12.43488 12.18602
2012q2 12.42888 12.29664
2012q3 12.41871 12.32378
2012q4 12.41827 12.72968
2013q1 12.41767 12.34038
2013q2 12.43645 12.47071
2013q3 12.48917 12.58584
2013q4 12.50367 12.62366
2014q1 12.52733 12.77294
2014q2 12.58271 12.9452
2014q3 12.64185 13.06119
2014q4 12.6961 13.16782

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Figure 2: Household Debt relative to Disposable Personal Income

Source: Financial Accounts of the United States.

Historical average line value: 0.712202

Ratio

Quarter Quarterly
1952q1 0.325879
1952q2 0.334812
1952q3 0.337145
1952q4 0.343506
1953q1 0.352693
1953q2 0.358742
1953q3 0.368117
1953q4 0.376037
1954q1 0.377886
1954q2 0.389164
1954q3 0.394555
1954q4 0.401743
1955q1 0.410771
1955q2 0.420109
1955q3 0.427867
1955q4 0.436567
1956q1 0.443859
1956q2 0.44873
1956q3 0.452794
1956q4 0.453647
1957q1 0.458416
1957q2 0.460859
1957q3 0.463201
1957q4 0.470663
1958q1 0.473606
1958q2 0.474679
1958q3 0.473075
1958q4 0.478608
1959q1 0.485027
1959q2 0.489066
1959q3 0.501754
1959q4 0.51048
1960q1 0.514076
1960q2 0.518988
1960q3 0.526419
1960q4 0.533587
1961q1 0.535819
1961q2 0.5343
1961q3 0.535068
1961q4 0.537381
1962q1 0.539492
1962q2 0.54498
1962q3 0.553037
1962q4 0.560064
1963q1 0.566794
1963q2 0.574253
1963q3 0.581045
1963q4 0.585018
1964q1 0.586208
1964q2 0.582917
1964q3 0.588119
1964q4 0.59259
1965q1 0.598425
1965q2 0.602356
1965q3 0.597351
1965q4 0.595572
1966q1 0.598384
1966q2 0.600484
1966q3 0.595589
1966q4 0.590511
1967q1 0.58561
1967q2 0.583955
1967q3 0.583019
1967q4 0.583902
1968q1 0.577859
1968q2 0.572154
1968q3 0.575958
1968q4 0.57844
1969q1 0.580335
1969q2 0.577263
1969q3 0.567853
1969q4 0.565241
1970q1 0.55382
1970q2 0.543941
1970q3 0.536212
1970q4 0.537074
1971q1 0.534029
1971q2 0.528597
1971q3 0.533163
1971q4 0.537604
1972q1 0.544098
1972q2 0.548681
1972q3 0.548182
1972q4 0.540096
1973q1 0.548519
1973q2 0.54864
1973q3 0.550244
1973q4 0.548742
1974q1 0.554717
1974q2 0.555491
1974q3 0.551185
1974q4 0.545708
1975q1 0.543998
1975q2 0.517395
1975q3 0.525922
1975q4 0.528014
1976q1 0.531469
1976q2 0.536652
1976q3 0.539591
1976q4 0.545781
1977q1 0.555331
1977q2 0.560442
1977q3 0.565538
1977q4 0.568535
1978q1 0.577045
1978q2 0.584005
1978q3 0.593507
1978q4 0.601554
1979q1 0.608708
1979q2 0.618747
1979q3 0.62328
1979q4 0.627368
1980q1 0.626501
1980q2 0.62531
1980q3 0.616444
1980q4 0.604162
1981q1 0.60192
1981q2 0.604492
1981q3 0.592293
1981q4 0.590553
1982q1 0.590987
1982q2 0.58802
1982q3 0.574863
1982q4 0.573927
1983q1 0.567324
1983q2 0.571141
1983q3 0.5712
1983q4 0.573856
1984q1 0.576509
1984q2 0.58032
1984q3 0.583596
1984q4 0.592797
1985q1 0.61984
1985q2 0.619661
1985q3 0.640982
1985q4 0.65017
1986q1 0.65412
1986q2 0.663702
1986q3 0.678479
1986q4 0.693861
1987q1 0.693301
1987q2 0.715559
1987q3 0.713405
1987q4 0.707614
1988q1 0.712232
1988q2 0.716302
1988q3 0.717467
1988q4 0.720235
1989q1 0.720069
1989q2 0.728826
1989q3 0.737143
1989q4 0.742056
1990q1 0.745771
1990q2 0.748485
1990q3 0.751762
1990q4 0.757919
1991q1 0.763913
1991q2 0.766646
1991q3 0.762191
1991q4 0.761388
1992q1 0.751653
1992q2 0.744588
1992q3 0.746868
1992q4 0.750402
1993q1 0.748397
1993q2 0.754143
1993q3 0.762348
1993q4 0.766389
1994q1 0.771821
1994q2 0.773706
1994q3 0.777046
1994q4 0.779217
1995q1 0.781925
1995q2 0.789857
1995q3 0.79396
1995q4 0.798226
1996q1 0.804784
1996q2 0.805779
1996q3 0.806831
1996q4 0.809739
1997q1 0.809801
1997q2 0.811484
1997q3 0.814538
1997q4 0.810298
1998q1 0.807214
1998q2 0.811289
1998q3 0.81338
1998q4 0.822402
1999q1 0.833014
1999q2 0.843278
1999q3 0.852839
1999q4 0.850461
2000q1 0.84378
2000q2 0.850992
2000q3 0.857334
2000q4 0.86894
2001q1 0.876372
2001q2 0.89578
2001q3 0.89539
2001q4 0.926712
2002q1 0.926973
2002q2 0.936962
2002q3 0.959517
2002q4 0.978998
2003q1 0.994623
2003q2 1.010683
2003q3 1.018749
2003q4 1.040168
2004q1 1.049392
2004q2 1.062372
2004q3 1.081084
2004q4 1.092251
2005q1 1.124301
2005q2 1.139612
2005q3 1.155197
2005q4 1.167167
2006q1 1.173806
2006q2 1.193599
2006q3 1.208208
2006q4 1.213506
2007q1 1.217649
2007q2 1.227948
2007q3 1.239629
2007q4 1.240747
2008q1 1.231934
2008q2 1.195325
2008q3 1.20745
2008q4 1.209293
2009q1 1.215842
2009q2 1.19534
2009q3 1.193317
2009q4 1.180045
2010q1 1.159892
2010q2 1.136327
2010q3 1.119867
2010q4 1.099534
2011q1 1.075524
2011q2 1.063558
2011q3 1.05017
2011q4 1.044386
2012q1 1.020422
2012q2 1.010754
2012q3 1.007703
2012q4 0.975537
2013q1 1.006264
2013q2 0.997253
2013q3 0.992319
2013q4 0.990495
2014q1 0.980771
2014q2 0.971998
2014q3 0.967894
2014q4 0.964177

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Figure 3: Annual Changes in Household Debt

Source: Financial Accounts of the United States.

Billions of dollars

Year Mortgage Chargeoffs Mortgage Net Originations Consumer Credit Total
2007 -32 772 154 894
2008 -138 43 35 -60
2009 -239 24 -98 -313
2010 -186 -162 95 -253
2011 -154 -89 109 -134
2012 -142 -76 168 -50
2013 -92 -4 174 78
2014 -52 29 218 195

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Figure 4: Quarterly Changes in Household Debt

Source: Financial Accounts of the United States.

Billions of dollars

Quarter Mortgage Chargeoffs Mortgage Net Originations Consumer Credit Total
2013q1 -28 -25 45 -8
2013q2 -26 1 41 16
2013q3 -22 33 48 59
2013q4 -17 -12 41 12
2014q1 -15 -18 51 18
2014q2 -13 4 65 56
2014q3 -12 26 54 68
2014q4 -12 17 49 54

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Figure 5: Annual Changes in Consumer Credit

Source: Consumer Credit (G19) Statistical Release.

Billions of dollars

Year credit cards auto loans student loans other credit total
2007 78 16 80 -20 154
2008 2 -24 94 -37 35
2009 -88 -58 101 -53 -98
2010 -77 -6 81 96 94
2011 2 38 100 -31 109
2012 5 58 119 -14 168
2013 11 70 92 2 175
2014 31 78 99 10 218

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