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Overview of financial system vulnerabilities

Asset valuations

  • Equity price-to-earnings ratios reached elevated levels.
  • Risk premiums in corporate bond markets remained near the middle of their historical distributions.
  • Prices of residential and commercial properties remained high relative to fundamentals.

Borrowing by businesses and households

  • The ratio of total private debt to gross domestic product (GDP) continued to edge down and remained close to its historical average.
  • The business debt-to-GDP ratio remained high, but debt issuance by the riskiest companies continued to be subdued. Firms’ ability to service their debt remained solid despite declining interest coverage ratios.
  • Household debt was at modest levels relative to GDP and concentrated among prime-rated borrowers.

Leverage in the financial sector

  • The banking system remained sound and resilient, as risk-based capital ratios remained close to average levels over the past decade.
  • Nonetheless, high interest rates continued to depress the fair value of longer-maturity, fixed-rate assets that, for some banks, were sizable.
  • Leverage remained high at the largest hedge funds.
  • Broker-dealer leverage remained near historically low levels.

Funding risks

  • Most domestic banks maintained high levels of liquid assets and stable funding.
  • However, a subset of banks continued to face funding pressures, reflecting concerns over uninsured deposits and other factors.
  • Structural vulnerabilities persisted at money market funds, some other mutual funds, and stablecoins.
  • Liquidity risks for life insurers remained elevated as the share of illiquid and risky assets continued to edge up.
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Survey of salient risks to the financial system

Survey respondents cited several emerging and existing events or conditions as presenting risks to the U.S. financial system and the broader global economy. For more information, see the box "Survey of Salient Risks to Financial Stability."

  Persistent inflation; monetary tightening Commercial and residential real estate Banking-sector stress Market liquidity strains and volatility Weakness in Chinese economy/financial sector
Oct-23 72% of contacts surveyed 72% of contacts surveyed 56% of contacts surveyed 56% of contacts surveyed 44% of contacts surveyed
May-23 56% of contacts surveyed 52% of contacts surveyed 56% of contacts surveyed 40% of contacts surveyed 12% of contacts surveyed
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Figure 1.1. Nominal Treasury yields rose substantially in the third quarter of 2023

Percent, annual rate

Date 2-year 10-year
Jan. 1997 6.01 6.58
Feb. 1997 5.9 6.42
Mar. 1997 6.22 6.69
Apr. 1997 6.45 6.89
May. 1997 6.28 6.71
Jun. 1997 6.09 6.49
Jul. 1997 5.89 6.22
Aug. 1997 5.94 6.3
Sep. 1997 5.88 6.21
Oct. 1997 5.77 6.03
Nov. 1997 5.71 5.88
Dec. 1997 5.72 5.81
Jan. 1998 5.36 5.54
Feb. 1998 5.42 5.57
Mar. 1998 5.56 5.65
Apr. 1998 5.56 5.64
May. 1998 5.59 5.65
Jun. 1998 5.52 5.5
Jul. 1998 5.46 5.46
Aug. 1998 5.27 5.34
Sep. 1998 4.67 4.81
Oct. 1998 4.09 4.53
Nov. 1998 4.54 4.83
Dec. 1998 4.51 4.65
Jan. 1999 4.62 4.72
Feb. 1999 4.88 5
Mar. 1999 5.05 5.23
Apr. 1999 4.98 5.18
May. 1999 5.25 5.54
Jun. 1999 5.62 5.9
Jul. 1999 5.55 5.79
Aug. 1999 5.68 5.94
Sep. 1999 5.66 5.92
Oct. 1999 5.86 6.11
Nov. 1999 5.86 6.03
Dec. 1999 6.1 6.28
Jan. 2000 6.44 6.66
Feb. 2000 6.61 6.52
Mar. 2000 6.53 6.26
Apr. 2000 6.4 5.99
May. 2000 6.81 6.44
Jun. 2000 6.48 6.1
Jul. 2000 6.34 6.05
Aug. 2000 6.23 5.83
Sep. 2000 6.08 5.8
Oct. 2000 5.91 5.74
Nov. 2000 5.88 5.72
Dec. 2000 5.35 5.24
Jan. 2001 4.76 5.16
Feb. 2001 4.66 5.1
Mar. 2001 4.34 4.89
Apr. 2001 4.23 5.14
May. 2001 4.26 5.39
Jun. 2001 4.08 5.28
Jul. 2001 4.04 5.24
Aug. 2001 3.76 4.97
Sep. 2001 3.12 4.73
Oct. 2001 2.73 4.57
Nov. 2001 2.78 4.65
Dec. 2001 3.11 5.09
Jan. 2002 3.03 5.04
Feb. 2002 3.02 4.91
Mar. 2002 3.56 5.28
Apr. 2002 3.42 5.21
May. 2002 3.26 5.16
Jun. 2002 2.99 4.93
Jul. 2002 2.56 4.65
Aug. 2002 2.13 4.26
Sep. 2002 2 3.87
Oct. 2002 1.91 3.94
Nov. 2002 1.92 4.05
Dec. 2002 1.84 4.03
Jan. 2003 1.74 4.05
Feb. 2003 1.63 3.9
Mar. 2003 1.57 3.81
Apr. 2003 1.62 3.96
May. 2003 1.42 3.57
Jun. 2003 1.23 3.33
Jul. 2003 1.47 3.98
Aug. 2003 1.86 4.45
Sep. 2003 1.71 4.27
Oct. 2003 1.75 4.29
Nov. 2003 1.93 4.3
Dec. 2003 1.91 4.27
Jan. 2004 1.76 4.15
Feb. 2004 1.74 4.08
Mar. 2004 1.58 3.83
Apr. 2004 2.07 4.35
May. 2004 2.53 4.72
Jun. 2004 2.76 4.73
Jul. 2004 2.64 4.5
Aug. 2004 2.51 4.28
Sep. 2004 2.53 4.13
Oct. 2004 2.58 4.1
Nov. 2004 2.85 4.19
Dec. 2004 3.01 4.23
Jan. 2005 3.22 4.22
Feb. 2005 3.38 4.17
Mar. 2005 3.73 4.5
Apr. 2005 3.65 4.34
May. 2005 3.64 4.14
Jun. 2005 3.64 4
Jul. 2005 3.87 4.18
Aug. 2005 4.04 4.26
Sep. 2005 3.95 4.2
Oct. 2005 4.27 4.46
Nov. 2005 4.42 4.54
Dec. 2005 4.4 4.47
Jan. 2006 4.4 4.42
Feb. 2006 4.67 4.57
Mar. 2006 4.73 4.72
Apr. 2006 4.89 4.99
May. 2006 4.97 5.11
Jun. 2006 5.12 5.11
Jul. 2006 5.12 5.09
Aug. 2006 4.9 4.88
Sep. 2006 4.77 4.72
Oct. 2006 4.8 4.73
Nov. 2006 4.74 4.6
Dec. 2006 4.67 4.56
Jan. 2007 4.88 4.76
Feb. 2007 4.85 4.72
Mar. 2007 4.57 4.56
Apr. 2007 4.67 4.69
May. 2007 4.77 4.75
Jun. 2007 4.98 5.1
Jul. 2007 4.82 5
Aug. 2007 4.31 4.67
Sep. 2007 4.01 4.52
Oct. 2007 3.97 4.53
Nov. 2007 3.34 4.15
Dec. 2007 3.12 4.1
Jan. 2008 2.48 3.74
Feb. 2008 1.97 3.74
Mar. 2008 1.62 3.51
Apr. 2008 2.05 3.68
May. 2008 2.45 3.88
Jun. 2008 2.77 4.1
Jul. 2008 2.57 4.01
Aug. 2008 2.42 3.89
Sep. 2008 2.08 3.69
Oct. 2008 1.61 3.81
Nov. 2008 1.21 3.53
Dec. 2008 0.82 2.42
Jan. 2009 0.81 2.52
Feb. 2009 0.98 2.87
Mar. 2009 0.93 2.82
Apr. 2009 0.93 2.93
May. 2009 0.93 3.29
Jun. 2009 1.18 3.72
Jul. 2009 1.02 3.56
Aug. 2009 1.12 3.59
Sep. 2009 0.96 3.4
Oct. 2009 0.95 3.39
Nov. 2009 0.8 3.4
Dec. 2009 0.87 3.59
Jan. 2010 0.93 3.73
Feb. 2010 0.86 3.69
Mar. 2010 0.96 3.73
Apr. 2010 1.06 3.85
May. 2010 0.83 3.42
Jun. 2010 0.72 3.2
Jul. 2010 0.62 3.01
Aug. 2010 0.52 2.7
Sep. 2010 0.48 2.65
Oct. 2010 0.38 2.54
Nov. 2010 0.45 2.76
Dec. 2010 0.62 3.29
Jan. 2011 0.61 3.39
Feb. 2011 0.77 3.58
Mar. 2011 0.7 3.41
Apr. 2011 0.73 3.46
May. 2011 0.56 3.17
Jun. 2011 0.41 3
Jul. 2011 0.41 3
Aug. 2011 0.23 2.3
Sep. 2011 0.21 1.98
Oct. 2011 0.28 2.15
Nov. 2011 0.25 2.01
Dec. 2011 0.26 1.98
Jan. 2012 0.24 1.97
Feb. 2012 0.28 1.97
Mar. 2012 0.34 2.17
Apr. 2012 0.29 2.05
May. 2012 0.29 1.8
Jun. 2012 0.29 1.62
Jul. 2012 0.25 1.53
Aug. 2012 0.27 1.68
Sep. 2012 0.26 1.72
Oct. 2012 0.28 1.75
Nov. 2012 0.27 1.65
Dec. 2012 0.26 1.72
Jan. 2013 0.27 1.91
Feb. 2013 0.27 1.98
Mar. 2013 0.26 1.96
Apr. 2013 0.23 1.76
May. 2013 0.25 1.93
Jun. 2013 0.33 2.3
Jul. 2013 0.34 2.58
Aug. 2013 0.36 2.74
Sep. 2013 0.4 2.81
Oct. 2013 0.34 2.62
Nov. 2013 0.3 2.72
Dec. 2013 0.34 2.9
Jan. 2014 0.39 2.86
Feb. 2014 0.33 2.71
Mar. 2014 0.4 2.72
Apr. 2014 0.42 2.71
May. 2014 0.39 2.56
Jun. 2014 0.45 2.6
Jul. 2014 0.51 2.54
Aug. 2014 0.47 2.42
Sep. 2014 0.57 2.53
Oct. 2014 0.45 2.3
Nov. 2014 0.53 2.33
Dec. 2014 0.64 2.21
Jan. 2015 0.55 1.88
Feb. 2015 0.62 1.98
Mar. 2015 0.64 2.04
Apr. 2015 0.54 1.94
May. 2015 0.61 2.2
Jun. 2015 0.69 2.36
Jul. 2015 0.67 2.32
Aug. 2015 0.7 2.17
Sep. 2015 0.71 2.17
Oct. 2015 0.64 2.07
Nov. 2015 0.88 2.26
Dec. 2015 0.98 2.24
Jan. 2016 0.9 2.09
Feb. 2016 0.73 1.78
Mar. 2016 0.88 1.89
Apr. 2016 0.77 1.81
May. 2016 0.82 1.81
Jun. 2016 0.73 1.64
Jul. 2016 0.67 1.5
Aug. 2016 0.74 1.56
Sep. 2016 0.77 1.63
Oct. 2016 0.84 1.76
Nov. 2016 0.98 2.14
Dec. 2016 1.2 2.49
Jan. 2017 1.21 2.43
Feb. 2017 1.2 2.42
Mar. 2017 1.31 2.48
Apr. 2017 1.24 2.3
May. 2017 1.3 2.3
Jun. 2017 1.34 2.19
Jul. 2017 1.37 2.32
Aug. 2017 1.34 2.21
Sep. 2017 1.38 2.2
Oct. 2017 1.55 2.36
Nov. 2017 1.7 2.35
Dec. 2017 1.84 2.4
Jan. 2018 2.03 2.58
Feb. 2018 2.18 2.86
Mar. 2018 2.28 2.84
Apr. 2018 2.38 2.87
May. 2018 2.51 2.98
Jun. 2018 2.53 2.91
Jul. 2018 2.61 2.89
Aug. 2018 2.64 2.89
Sep. 2018 2.77 3
Oct. 2018 2.86 3.15
Nov. 2018 2.86 3.12
Dec. 2018 2.68 2.83
Jan. 2019 2.54 2.71
Feb. 2019 2.5 2.68
Mar. 2019 2.41 2.57
Apr. 2019 2.34 2.53
May. 2019 2.21 2.4
Jun. 2019 1.81 2.07
Jul. 2019 1.84 2.06
Aug. 2019 1.57 1.63
Sep. 2019 1.65 1.7
Oct. 2019 1.55 1.71
Nov. 2019 1.61 1.81
Dec. 2019 1.61 1.86
Jan. 2020 1.52 1.76
Feb. 2020 1.33 1.5
Mar. 2020 0.45 0.87
Apr. 2020 0.22 0.66
May. 2020 0.17 0.67
Jun. 2020 0.19 0.73
Jul. 2020 0.15 0.62
Aug. 2020 0.14 0.65
Sep. 2020 0.13 0.68
Oct. 2020 0.15 0.79
Nov. 2020 0.17 0.87
Dec. 2020 0.14 0.93
Jan. 2021 0.13 1.08
Feb. 2021 0.12 1.26
Mar. 2021 0.15 1.61
Apr. 2021 0.16 1.64
May. 2021 0.16 1.62
Jun. 2021 0.2 1.52
Jul. 2021 0.22 1.32
Aug. 2021 0.22 1.28
Sep. 2021 0.24 1.37
Oct. 2021 0.39 1.58
Nov. 2021 0.51 1.56
Dec. 2021 0.68 1.47
Jan. 2022 0.98 1.76
Feb. 2022 1.44 1.93
Mar. 2022 1.91 2.13
Apr. 2022 2.54 2.75
May. 2022 2.62 2.9
Jun. 2022 3 3.14
Jul. 2022 3.04 2.9
Aug. 2022 3.25 2.9
Sep. 2022 3.86 3.52
Oct. 2022 4.38 3.98
Nov. 2022 4.5 3.89
Dec. 2022 4.29 3.62
Jan. 2023 4.21 3.53
Feb. 2023 4.53 3.75
Mar. 2023 4.3 3.66
Apr. 2023 4.02 3.46
May. 2023 4.13 3.57
Jun. 2023 4.64 3.75
Jul. 2023 4.83 3.9
Aug. 2023 4.9 4.17
Sep. 2023 5.02 4.38

Note: The 2-year and 10-year Treasury rates are the monthly average of the constant-maturity yields based on the most actively traded securities.

Source: Federal Reserve Board, Statistical Release H.15, “Selected Interest Rates.”

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Figure 1.2. An estimate of the nominal Treasury term premium increased but remained relatively low

Percentage points

Date Term Premium
Jan. 1997 1.49387619608925
Feb. 1997 1.4219388961792
Mar. 1997 1.56349500417709
Apr. 1997 1.66056819395586
May. 1997 1.56349525565193
Jun. 1997 1.48142857210977
Jul. 1997 1.3021772774783
Aug. 1997 1.33278094586872
Sep. 1997 1.32660953203837
Oct. 1997 1.21571363644166
Nov. 1997 1.06898887952169
Dec. 1997 0.994054555892944
Jan. 1998 0.88231999874115
Feb. 1998 0.916031583359367
Mar. 1998 0.974218176169829
Apr. 1998 0.973090475513822
May. 1998 0.975814998149872
Jun. 1998 0.886295459487221
Jul. 1998 0.864068183031949
Aug. 1998 0.795357142175947
Sep. 1998 0.57252856805211
Oct. 1998 0.613523809682755
Nov. 1998 0.688826313144282
Dec. 1998 0.597131821242246
Jan. 1999 0.698215792053624
Feb. 1999 0.843757889772716
Mar. 1999 0.995682602343352
Apr. 1999 0.975800003324236
May. 1999 1.13935790563885
Jun. 1999 1.32467727227644
Jul. 1999 1.28947368421053
Aug. 1999 1.35223636843941
Sep. 1999 1.34805713381086
Oct. 1999 1.4444649875164
Nov. 1999 1.27639001011848
Dec. 1999 1.35427726398815
Jan. 2000 1.50946500301361
Feb. 2000 1.38115000724792
Mar. 2000 1.21349130506101
Apr. 2000 1.04713683693033
May. 2000 1.23775907538154
Jun. 2000 1.05134545673024
Jul. 2000 0.963879996538162
Aug. 2000 0.823352178801661
Sep. 2000 0.836045002937317
Oct. 2000 0.747542863800412
Nov. 2000 0.701523809205918
Dec. 2000 0.529735004901886
Jan. 2001 0.69438095887502
Feb. 2001 0.774110521140852
Mar. 2001 0.783759092742747
Apr. 2001 1.06420498788357
May. 2001 1.2931318228895
Jun. 2001 1.29323333785647
Jul. 2001 1.25510475749061
Aug. 2001 1.1700739186743
Sep. 2001 1.21611175817602
Oct. 2001 1.27206818623976
Nov. 2001 1.41033499240875
Dec. 2001 1.78161498904228
Jan. 2002 1.75319523470742
Feb. 2002 1.65985790051912
Mar. 2002 1.84941499829292
Apr. 2002 1.80147726969285
May. 2002 1.74901364066384
Jun. 2002 1.59664998650551
Jul. 2002 1.44536362452941
Aug. 2002 1.20719091458754
Sep. 2002 0.934149995446205
Oct. 2002 0.987090904604305
Nov. 2002 1.1454631592098
Dec. 2002 1.15573809260414
Jan. 2003 1.16111426694053
Feb. 2003 1.06583157652303
Mar. 2003 0.992842858745938
Apr. 2003 1.08824284871419
May. 2003 0.81813333148048
Jun. 2003 0.677409526847658
Jul. 2003 1.10343636436896
Aug. 2003 1.45625713893345
Sep. 2003 1.33401905354999
Oct. 2003 1.32285455682061
Nov. 2003 1.33156110843023
Dec. 2003 1.31312273849141
Jan. 2004 1.23160499334335
Feb. 2004 1.183631583264
Mar. 2004 1.00030000572619
Apr. 2004 1.34154762540545
May. 2004 1.56125501394272
Jun. 2004 1.48352380593618
Jul. 2004 1.29254761763981
Aug. 2004 1.12465454773469
Sep. 2004 0.95767620347795
Oct. 2004 0.896695005893707
Nov. 2004 0.869494992494583
Dec. 2004 0.833740906281905
Jan. 2005 0.780529999732971
Feb. 2005 0.683468420254557
Mar. 2005 0.845963632518595
Apr. 2005 0.720423814796266
May. 2005 0.571966658035914
Jun. 2005 0.449209088628942
Jul. 2005 0.484030000865459
Aug. 2005 0.47995217209277
Sep. 2005 0.432985713084539
Oct. 2005 0.527364999055862
Nov. 2005 0.543864995241165
Dec. 2005 0.481928574187415
Jan. 2006 0.371660001575947
Feb. 2006 0.424115787995489
Mar. 2006 0.491604347591815
Apr. 2006 0.613742100565057
May. 2006 0.658986359834671
Jun. 2006 0.618022729050029
Jul. 2006 0.560589998960494
Aug. 2006 0.443221734917682
Sep. 2006 0.383484996855259
Oct. 2006 0.36910476287206
Nov. 2006 0.274742857331321
Dec. 2006 0.272580000013113
Jan. 2007 0.375890474943888
Feb. 2007 0.350757895331634
Mar. 2007 0.265227270397273
Apr. 2007 0.35528571548916
May. 2007 0.407745454799045
Jun. 2007 0.667999991348812
Jul. 2007 0.578766666707538
Aug. 2007 0.532921739246534
Sep. 2007 0.511942104289406
Oct. 2007 0.532390914180062
Nov. 2007 0.477490001916885
Dec. 2007 0.527690000832081
Jan. 2008 0.397038099311647
Feb. 2008 0.631790000200272
Mar. 2008 0.671790006756783
Apr. 2008 0.776504546403885
May. 2008 0.835947615759713
Jun. 2008 0.921828576496669
Jul. 2008 0.884422730315815
Aug. 2008 0.791690480141413
Sep. 2008 0.776576198282696
Oct. 2008 1.1084409031001
Nov. 2008 1.11563889516724
Dec. 2008 0.506795446981083
Jan. 2009 0.547700001299381
Feb. 2009 0.740510529593418
Mar. 2009 0.668354543772611
Apr. 2009 0.67949048110417
May. 2009 0.934760001301765
Jun. 2009 1.27825456315821
Jul. 2009 1.15004090829329
Aug. 2009 1.17922379857018
Sep. 2009 1.05722857656933
Oct. 2009 1.02750476201375
Nov. 2009 1.02790525712465
Dec. 2009 1.10391820018942
Jan. 2010 1.20727367777573
Feb. 2010 1.15732631557866
Mar. 2010 1.15418260512145
Apr. 2010 1.22110000523654
May. 2010 0.960190010070801
Jun. 2010 0.825204543092034
Jul. 2010 0.658290471349444
Aug. 2010 0.424377272074873
Sep. 2010 0.387247617755617
Oct. 2010 0.278835001587868
Nov. 2010 0.400010000169277
Dec. 2010 0.808072726834904
Jan. 2011 0.873700001835823
Feb. 2011 1.01930526369496
Mar. 2011 0.920582608036373
Apr. 2011 0.967024999856949
May. 2011 0.762685713313875
Jun. 2011 0.606786362149499
Jul. 2011 0.61241499632597
Aug. 2011 0.150026087203751
Sep. 2011 -0.0431190477739576
Oct. 2011 0.0662800004705787
Nov. 2011 -0.0326900002513867
Dec. 2011 -0.0621142848838298
Jan. 2012 -0.0896999998018146
Feb. 2012 -0.119230000674725
Mar. 2012 0.023895455354994
Apr. 2012 -0.0574857145547867
May. 2012 -0.221072724258358
Jun. 2012 -0.331609524431683
Jul. 2012 -0.399980946665718
Aug. 2012 -0.297308694409288
Sep. 2012 -0.29425789258982
Oct. 2012 -0.282638093545323
Nov. 2012 -0.33052000105381
Dec. 2012 -0.292379996925592
Jan. 2013 -0.16697142769893
Feb. 2013 -0.116231578353204
Mar. 2013 -0.13496499992907
Apr. 2013 -0.258204544132406
May. 2013 -0.14679090899881
Jun. 2013 0.13666999959969
Jul. 2013 0.346813642165878
Aug. 2013 0.462968176061457
Sep. 2013 0.524625004827976
Oct. 2013 0.363968179984526
Nov. 2013 0.410194735778006
Dec. 2013 0.552542859599704
Jan. 2014 0.563266661905107
Feb. 2014 0.453494740159888
Mar. 2014 0.484333334934144
Apr. 2014 0.501880952290126
May. 2014 0.400666668301537
Jun. 2014 0.431604760033744
Jul. 2014 0.407331817529418
Aug. 2014 0.342380950848262
Sep. 2014 0.425128567786444
Oct. 2014 0.272081818092953
Nov. 2014 0.293038888110055
Dec. 2014 0.214790911159732
Jan. 2015 0.00559999986362527
Feb. 2015 0.0680210537424213
Mar. 2015 0.102645455404523
Apr. 2015 0.0121045455651421
May. 2015 0.190974999219179
Jun. 2015 0.29705454476855
Jul. 2015 0.259263634004376
Aug. 2015 0.134219046682119
Sep. 2015 0.135995237245446
Oct. 2015 0.0714285712511767
Nov. 2015 0.182115790091063
Dec. 2015 0.12458181804554
Jan. 2016 0.0117157894235693
Feb. 2016 -0.197440000623465
Mar. 2016 -0.123422727666118
Apr. 2016 -0.175476191299302
May. 2016 -0.174195236393384
Jun. 2016 -0.281345457515933
Jul. 2016 -0.378130002319813
Aug. 2016 -0.346008693394454
Sep. 2016 -0.303919047117233
Oct. 2016 -0.233139999210835
Nov. 2016 -0.000429997965693474
Dec. 2016 0.239971428399994
Jan. 2017 0.194874999672174
Feb. 2017 0.182310527876804
Mar. 2017 0.161569566182468
Apr. 2017 0.00816315786428995
May. 2017 -0.0163909089328213
Jun. 2017 -0.128790908577767
Jul. 2017 -0.0597199995536357
Aug. 2017 -0.121347826136195
Sep. 2017 -0.140994998812675
Oct. 2017 -0.0568333335132116
Nov. 2017 -0.0927142862762724
Dec. 2017 -0.082375000603497
Jan. 2018 -0.00222857172290484
Feb. 2018 0.139010527416279
Mar. 2018 0.093342856370977
Apr. 2018 0.0834190470743037
May. 2018 0.132377272641117
Jun. 2018 0.077390475996903
Jul. 2018 0.0409333331599122
Aug. 2018 0.0144130433808364
Sep. 2018 0.0539684207668822
Oct. 2018 0.112749999727715
Nov. 2018 0.065265000378713
Dec. 2018 -0.130531578275718
Jan. 2019 -0.213571427833466
Feb. 2019 -0.234726317619023
Mar. 2019 -0.299685715919449
Apr. 2019 -0.315585714010965
May. 2019 -0.386936363848773
Jun. 2019 -0.537979997694492
Jul. 2019 -0.528490909121253
Aug. 2019 -0.743495456197045
Sep. 2019 -0.692489996552467
Oct. 2019 -0.629077269272371
Nov. 2019 -0.521136848550094
Dec. 2019 -0.485528574103401
Jan. 2020 -0.548323810100555
Feb. 2020 -0.708584205100411
Mar. 2020 -0.747604548931122
Apr. 2020 -0.836404760678609
May. 2020 -0.848649996519089
Jun. 2020 -0.838395449248227
Jul. 2020 -0.896695451302962
Aug. 2020 -0.888223807017008
Sep. 2020 -0.873147621041253
Oct. 2020 -0.808919049444653
Nov. 2020 -0.748073681404716
Dec. 2020 -0.717913633043116
Jan. 2021 -0.634089466772581
Feb. 2021 -0.512842107760279
Mar. 2021 -0.243360867966776
Apr. 2021 -0.21143181825226
May. 2021 -0.22790000140667
Jun. 2021 -0.276977270164273
Jul. 2021 -0.403057140963418
Aug. 2021 -0.427063633095134
Sep. 2021 -0.365047621585074
Oct. 2021 -0.207384999096394
Nov. 2021 -0.198465000838041
Dec. 2021 -0.262281818823381
Jan. 2022 -0.104759999364614
Feb. 2022 -0.0713315794342443
Mar. 2022 -0.00709130355845327
Apr. 2022 0.283249996602535
May. 2022 0.321057140827179
Jun. 2022 0.321328572574116
Jul. 2022 -0.0563150002155453
Aug. 2022 -0.170813045423964
Sep. 2022 0.0819238089135892
Oct. 2022 0.217925000563264
Nov. 2022 0.0366600008215755
Dec. 2022 -0.216776191301289
Jan. 2023 -0.332845001295209
Feb. 2023 -0.233573686135443
Mar. 2023 -0.251256520819405
Apr. 2023 -0.426719997823238
May. 2023 -0.432827270843766
Jun. 2023 -0.355114285434995
Jul. 2023 -0.288689997047186
Aug. 2023 -0.133069566025844
Sep. 2023 0.00368500044569373

Note: Term premiums are estimated from a 3-factor term structure model using Treasury yields and Blue Chip interest rate forecasts.

Source: Department of the Treasury; Wolters Kluwer, Blue Chip Financial Forecasts; Federal Reserve Bank of New York; Federal Reserve Board staff estimates.

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Figure 1.3. Interest rate volatility remained elevated by historical norms

Basis points

Date Implied Volatility of 10-Year Swap Rate
Apr. 2005 93.1407611818182
May. 2005 87.2053020454545
Jun. 2005 87.5994123636364
Jul. 2005 89.342594
Aug. 2005 84.2202744347826
Sep. 2005 83.8325441363636
Oct. 2005 86.0325223333333
Nov. 2005 87.1229912727273
Dec. 2005 77.7070317272727
Jan. 2006 75.8552282272727
Feb. 2006 72.57082995
Mar. 2006 72.1180623913044
Apr. 2006 76.56824595
May. 2006 74.3080899130435
Jun. 2006 70.7608532727273
Jul. 2006 69.4930483333333
Aug. 2006 62.8133045217391
Sep. 2006 62.7310715238095
Oct. 2006 64.0431154545455
Nov. 2006 67.6373596363636
Dec. 2006 66.234062
Jan. 2007 66.4426889130435
Feb. 2007 66.7878776
Mar. 2007 70.8117155454546
Apr. 2007 62.8650858095238
May. 2007 58.1989928695652
Jun. 2007 79.0500360952381
Jul. 2007 82.6708996818182
Aug. 2007 84.3294735217391
Sep. 2007 97.0252322
Oct. 2007 91.0426627826087
Nov. 2007 97.0015865454545
Dec. 2007 117.976205190476
Jan. 2008 133.406423652174
Feb. 2008 150.923306095238
Mar. 2008 163.97233552381
Apr. 2008 139.643575363636
May. 2008 126.353198590909
Jun. 2008 140.475449761905
Jul. 2008 127.802219956522
Aug. 2008 111.567181571429
Sep. 2008 141.1032905
Oct. 2008 188.875971130435
Nov. 2008 205.83388575
Dec. 2008 232.030661695652
Jan. 2009 169.826971590909
Feb. 2009 187.7330855
Mar. 2009 157.275367409091
Apr. 2009 129.736551454545
May. 2009 153.281603190476
Jun. 2009 223.655879409091
Jul. 2009 197.755332409091
Aug. 2009 180.745684190476
Sep. 2009 147.807639681818
Oct. 2009 134.645040636364
Nov. 2009 112.442800571429
Dec. 2009 110.1041495
Jan. 2010 109.909501
Feb. 2010 100.7843527
Mar. 2010 90.5415333043478
Apr. 2010 95.7845809090909
May. 2010 108.376839047619
Jun. 2010 108.348928954545
Jul. 2010 91.2602745454546
Aug. 2010 100.908488681818
Sep. 2010 110.990158909091
Oct. 2010 102.931406714286
Nov. 2010 109.178534727273
Dec. 2010 125.347307227273
Jan. 2011 113.23575147619
Feb. 2011 111.22755815
Mar. 2011 110.334852782609
Apr. 2011 92.08106005
May. 2011 89.4274393636364
Jun. 2011 94.3602630909091
Jul. 2011 101.407765333333
Aug. 2011 117.109677521739
Sep. 2011 121.005849181818
Oct. 2011 124.639285238095
Nov. 2011 125.236508363636
Dec. 2011 105.109209590909
Jan. 2012 86.8961869090909
Feb. 2012 87.928798047619
Mar. 2012 92.8956355454546
Apr. 2012 86.3847064761905
May. 2012 78.4844144782609
Jun. 2012 89.6806648095238
Jul. 2012 72.8232575909091
Aug. 2012 78.5166424347826
Sep. 2012 75.8383667
Oct. 2012 75.6908457391304
Nov. 2012 67.6227298181818
Dec. 2012 61.8341229047619
Jan. 2013 67.3589163478261
Feb. 2013 68.8840089
Mar. 2013 64.7794116190476
Apr. 2013 60.4505235
May. 2013 69.0075274782609
Jun. 2013 100.3947363
Jul. 2013 104.775979478261
Aug. 2013 100.2640195
Sep. 2013 101.211893142857
Oct. 2013 81.617062173913
Nov. 2013 74.5137228571429
Dec. 2013 75.8982773636364
Jan. 2014 70.363670826087
Feb. 2014 69.2855606
Mar. 2014 65.5307374285714
Apr. 2014 62.8501716666667
May. 2014 61.4742948181818
Jun. 2014 61.9679537142857
Jul. 2014 59.6560042608696
Aug. 2014 62.2641432380952
Sep. 2014 65.4064466363636
Oct. 2014 76.7030626956522
Nov. 2014 67.40892365
Dec. 2014 70.2256455652174
Jan. 2015 87.0186313636364
Feb. 2015 91.13263945
Mar. 2015 84.3177593181818
Apr. 2015 77.4148326818182
May. 2015 86.7601392380952
Jun. 2015 88.911496
Jul. 2015 82.9971814347826
Aug. 2015 80.31959485
Sep. 2015 79.7947395
Oct. 2015 75.1609395454545
Nov. 2015 72.1120120952381
Dec. 2015 70.300521826087
Jan. 2016 76.2914845238095
Feb. 2016 89.1231934761905
Mar. 2016 78.9347058181818
Apr. 2016 72.0117337619048
May. 2016 69.0779673636364
Jun. 2016 77.249059
Jul. 2016 76.8601374285714
Aug. 2016 68.1436731739131
Sep. 2016 67.2750649090909
Oct. 2016 65.2515483809524
Nov. 2016 83.5448066818182
Dec. 2016 81.1593321363636
Jan. 2017 81.1271510909091
Feb. 2017 75.6451058
Mar. 2017 69.9332405652174
Apr. 2017 75.8273615
May. 2017 62.2952567826087
Jun. 2017 58.9056952272727
Jul. 2017 59.5746184761905
Aug. 2017 57.3938232608696
Sep. 2017 58.1155528095238
Oct. 2017 59.6366519545455
Nov. 2017 52.3190709090909
Dec. 2017 50.8717691904762
Jan. 2018 55.5877003043478
Feb. 2018 72.027128
Mar. 2018 63.4433651363636
Apr. 2018 58.5823622857143
May. 2018 58.537723
Jun. 2018 57.8168248095238
Jul. 2018 53.9075479545455
Aug. 2018 52.7038092608696
Sep. 2018 51.701349
Oct. 2018 58.2089809130435
Nov. 2018 57.7368546363636
Dec. 2018 59.4768278095238
Jan. 2019 56.8872852608696
Feb. 2019 50.92862395
Mar. 2019 52.1450475238095
Apr. 2019 51.7224289090909
May. 2019 57.229373826087
Jun. 2019 68.6766383
Jul. 2019 62.13732
Aug. 2019 81.9997485454546
Sep. 2019 82.103384952381
Oct. 2019 78.1486783478261
Nov. 2019 66.9196303809524
Dec. 2019 64.9177692272727
Jan. 2020 63.7826934782609
Feb. 2020 76.3504349
Mar. 2020 128.198282909091
Apr. 2020 79.1194908181818
May. 2020 62.0802865714286
Jun. 2020 68.1176147272727
Jul. 2020 56.0211723913044
Aug. 2020 54.0961076666667
Sep. 2020 49.9714252727273
Oct. 2020 68.7694889545455
Nov. 2020 57.2393500952381
Dec. 2020 58.7475827391304
Jan. 2021 58.6661465714286
Feb. 2021 68.86160195
Mar. 2021 82.8590066956522
Apr. 2021 76.9544033181818
May. 2021 69.6327573333333
Jun. 2021 66.3641393636364
Jul. 2021 73.0951925454546
Aug. 2021 75.2578712727273
Sep. 2021 69.091108
Oct. 2021 73.5020376666667
Nov. 2021 79.6158680454546
Dec. 2021 80.1248898695652
Jan. 2022 81.8231407142857
Feb. 2022 88.68905865
Mar. 2022 108.610251478261
Apr. 2022 119.366245
May. 2022 114.930118181818
Jun. 2022 119.709321590909
Jul. 2022 122.756632952381
Aug. 2022 111.678260869565
Sep. 2022 127.081818181818
Oct. 2022 138.352380952381
Nov. 2022 126.554545454545
Dec. 2022 125.859090909091
Jan. 2023 111.909090909091
Feb. 2023 105.985
Mar. 2023 120.695652173913
Apr. 2023 112.905
May. 2023 115.917391304348
Jun. 2023 106.777272727273
Jul. 2023 108.009523809524
Aug. 2023 115.373913043478
Sep. 2023 112.357142857143

Note: The data begin in April 2005. Implied volatility on the 10-year swap rate, 1 month ahead, is derived from swaptions. The median value is 79.37 basis points.

Source: For data through July 13, 2022, Barclays and S&P Global; for data from July 14, 2022, onward, ICAP, Swaptions and Interest Rate Caps and Floors Data.

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Figure 1.4. The price-to-earnings ratio of S&P 500 firms increased to levels further above its historical median

Ratio

Date Forward Price-to-Earnings Ratio
Jan. 1989 10.0671742071852
Feb. 1989 10.1319694421189
Mar. 1989 10.1141737310176
Apr. 1989 10.4232150603229
May. 1989 10.725593921358
Jun. 1989 10.8529156729879
Jul. 1989 11.2423747128629
Aug. 1989 11.5556754542242
Sep. 1989 11.5074717257702
Oct. 1989 11.4718058275942
Nov. 1989 11.5143143242907
Dec. 1989 11.884201147533
Jan. 1990 11.5283043228624
Feb. 1990 11.3005872634517
Mar. 1990 11.4949308091727
Apr. 1990 11.6503643865759
May. 1990 12.0730200775074
Jun. 1990 12.3810129553295
Jul. 1990 12.3902358555333
Aug. 1990 11.5089142400092
Sep. 1990 10.7864310499824
Oct. 1990 10.3025059554225
Nov. 1990 11.1818911075676
Dec. 1990 11.6619796205543
Jan. 1991 11.2550686940746
Feb. 1991 13.4293328390948
Mar. 1991 13.7688309882225
Apr. 1991 14.4455914088974
May. 1991 13.6421419272363
Jun. 1991 13.9017290328506
Jul. 1991 14.1581105589639
Aug. 1991 14.3960591544952
Sep. 1991 14.2070675052773
Oct. 1991 14.314536935887
Nov. 1991 14.4536796977807
Dec. 1991 14.0102441469713
Jan. 1992 15.368358289062
Feb. 1992 15.0082392497479
Mar. 1992 14.8636613724216
Apr. 1992 14.8072465748702
May. 1992 14.6969233822856
Jun. 1992 14.0100742459998
Jul. 1992 14.4295238409873
Aug. 1992 14.4495625870657
Sep. 1992 14.4078082896644
Oct. 1992 14.0025531314128
Nov. 1992 14.5158804016831
Dec. 1992 14.7060423882035
Jan. 1993 14.6115963363986
Feb. 1993 14.6619042331675
Mar. 1993 15.0106170351722
Apr. 1993 15.0304486104987
May. 1993 14.7171628110741
Jun. 1993 14.6344429935446
Jul. 1993 14.6317211301174
Aug. 1993 14.7618038146379
Sep. 1993 14.8034556907831
Oct. 1993 14.6420126266835
Nov. 1993 14.6668367840603
Dec. 1993 14.4782805948521
Jan. 1994 14.7481286896458
Feb. 1994 14.6041236725787
Mar. 1994 14.3352500190302
Apr. 1994 13.456030580283
May. 1994 13.4173259820021
Jun. 1994 13.4683561702909
Jul. 1994 13.0021340208967
Aug. 1994 13.2064922288331
Sep. 1994 13.1090121711998
Oct. 1994 12.918680525647
Nov. 1994 12.5567925753133
Dec. 1994 12.0886316715102
Jan. 1995 12.3148739390035
Feb. 1995 12.4849965714328
Mar. 1995 12.5047419563348
Apr. 1995 12.6592147867659
May. 1995 12.9075309538475
Jun. 1995 13.0559628444293
Jul. 1995 13.3026602080606
Aug. 1995 13.3528464366027
Sep. 1995 13.6740849882828
Oct. 1995 13.7720291904032
Nov. 1995 13.8027757308039
Dec. 1995 14.3194528677986
Jan. 1996 14.0130038956195
Feb. 1996 15.2293938516872
Mar. 1996 14.8060744142202
Apr. 1996 14.7872794027797
May. 1996 15.1920719449899
Jun. 1996 14.7149033177118
Jul. 1996 14.4058450818417
Aug. 1996 14.9200395813766
Sep. 1996 15.2447588821419
Oct. 1996 15.6118581061616
Nov. 1996 16.0724364730588
Dec. 1996 15.8482429004173
Jan. 1997 16.4601192052887
Feb. 1997 17.361262916065
Mar. 1997 16.6463655723895
Apr. 1997 16.0264780616226
May. 1997 17.3840007169058
Jun. 1997 18.393347040633
Jul. 1997 19.2290277376015
Aug. 1997 18.6791187691043
Sep. 1997 18.9192431538401
Oct. 1997 19.1995565087991
Nov. 1997 18.6006220829065
Dec. 1997 18.8678443887348
Jan. 1998 18.6616667550781
Feb. 1998 20.3621130161184
Mar. 1998 21.4234116945869
Apr. 1998 21.9045105628532
May. 1998 21.688978731078
Jun. 1998 21.4190654409407
Jul. 1998 22.7719887753468
Aug. 1998 21.166218313794
Sep. 1998 20.0142771405668
Oct. 1998 19.2769294111676
Nov. 1998 22.0184948974417
Dec. 1998 22.2981770686493
Jan. 1999 23.7035378949629
Feb. 1999 23.5286816951792
Mar. 1999 24.7240209049005
Apr. 1999 24.9525779724043
May. 1999 24.7366103177954
Jun. 1999 24.2961449667603
Jul. 1999 25.437735557673
Aug. 1999 23.9033937177615
Sep. 1999 23.4654920255853
Oct. 1999 22.548294988054
Nov. 1999 24.4966970526712
Dec. 1999 24.4189702170033
Jan. 2000 24.8498545453735
Feb. 2000 24.0242616480681
Mar. 2000 23.7273500418937
Apr. 2000 23.9108287058882
May. 2000 23.8836439775788
Jun. 2000 24.0989619076006
Jul. 2000 24.0959159017359
Aug. 2000 23.8563529533663
Sep. 2000 23.8585600495259
Oct. 2000 21.4415565856369
Nov. 2000 22.2453759064875
Dec. 2000 22.0975498084653
Jan. 2001 21.9792608658706
Feb. 2001 22.0976601183249
Mar. 2001 19.7213677304406
Apr. 2001 21.4090303900642
May. 2001 22.2344549008887
Jun. 2001 21.6724864947627
Jul. 2001 21.6064864245717
Aug. 2001 21.1652824939133
Sep. 2001 18.418128646395
Oct. 2001 20.3746619521255
Nov. 2001 21.4918729527042
Dec. 2001 21.5711537042412
Jan. 2002 20.9998322013028
Feb. 2002 20.468123801054
Mar. 2002 20.7500364826311
Apr. 2002 20.1697948384977
May. 2002 19.397478436371
Jun. 2002 18.1106134186602
Jul. 2002 16.1442372433748
Aug. 2002 16.600322407169
Sep. 2002 15.7178676367772
Oct. 2002 15.7766854147274
Nov. 2002 16.0198916279934
Dec. 2002 16.1196925503201
Jan. 2003 16.4820603944559
Feb. 2003 15.3393709299896
Mar. 2003 15.7058063844001
Apr. 2003 15.678207721723
May. 2003 16.5624424539852
Jun. 2003 17.6901282540145
Jul. 2003 17.2744269131236
Aug. 2003 16.9370968021288
Sep. 2003 17.4138086570328
Oct. 2003 17.5046525027293
Nov. 2003 17.1001423319694
Dec. 2003 17.428587862445
Jan. 2004 18.0953477625413
Feb. 2004 18.0922175903274
Mar. 2004 17.3971857402822
Apr. 2004 17.1053535992784
May. 2004 15.9757369303104
Jun. 2004 16.4111379515486
Jul. 2004 15.9243982071178
Aug. 2004 15.5132692682056
Sep. 2004 15.7696075660141
Oct. 2004 15.4848564726803
Nov. 2004 16.1684290787732
Dec. 2004 16.3213320364282
Jan. 2005 15.9517509576089
Feb. 2005 16.1670159828408
Mar. 2005 15.6428217289434
Apr. 2005 15.3033627030124
May. 2005 15.2781303726667
Jun. 2005 15.4142752354093
Jul. 2005 15.4076189015605
Aug. 2005 15.1379673473605
Sep. 2005 14.9529447839614
Oct. 2005 14.3345633798088
Nov. 2005 14.6096263132681
Dec. 2005 14.978872974393
Jan. 2006 14.9028077978899
Feb. 2006 14.9314247137363
Mar. 2006 15.0614392893921
Apr. 2006 14.9915571573824
May. 2006 14.2958243402724
Jun. 2006 13.6922995958635
Jul. 2006 13.9022064766894
Aug. 2006 14.1250561973889
Sep. 2006 14.2608659753928
Oct. 2006 14.65406909002
Nov. 2006 14.8071620058033
Dec. 2006 14.8246715742259
Jan. 2007 15.0143268847427
Feb. 2007 15.3899853189057
Mar. 2007 14.5565313421081
Apr. 2007 15.3143338724436
May. 2007 15.507340623362
Jun. 2007 15.2975535625174
Jul. 2007 15.4094405473658
Aug. 2007 13.8720055198961
Sep. 2007 15.0075872785211
Oct. 2007 15.0142563408096
Nov. 2007 14.3226078132245
Dec. 2007 14.1975156315165
Jan. 2008 13.491290731617
Feb. 2008 13.6763881686425
Mar. 2008 13.0890255953758
Apr. 2008 13.8049927814277
May. 2008 14.303469424039
Jun. 2008 13.5075237705764
Jul. 2008 12.5966893952695
Aug. 2008 13.2895834333728
Sep. 2008 12.0099145444176
Oct. 2008 9.93189462286184
Nov. 2008 9.73674647365533
Dec. 2008 11.8729341409524
Jan. 2009 11.479366075644
Feb. 2009 12.4572503527493
Mar. 2009 12.4233404685294
Apr. 2009 13.5118823090507
May. 2009 14.6564296896115
Jun. 2009 14.7269512836574
Jul. 2009 14.7971316442574
Aug. 2009 15.2008333370086
Sep. 2009 15.9101490492066
Oct. 2009 15.8526401696312
Nov. 2009 15.1214782908307
Dec. 2009 14.8891696977559
Jan. 2010 14.8033308267449
Feb. 2010 13.8098463618111
Mar. 2010 14.4374644008113
Apr. 2010 14.8235853401721
May. 2010 12.9868381450424
Jun. 2010 12.817380366793
Jul. 2010 12.4946553223176
Aug. 2010 12.1002324580377
Sep. 2010 12.354460747752
Oct. 2010 12.8372459195844
Nov. 2010 12.5678077733551
Dec. 2010 13.0311393932212
Jan. 2011 13.2144355692179
Feb. 2011 13.7054256521898
Mar. 2011 12.6072807393752
Apr. 2011 12.9703298947955
May. 2011 12.8955297735844
Jun. 2011 12.0671220995828
Jul. 2011 12.6380543910538
Aug. 2011 11.2819710746078
Sep. 2011 11.2422619863755
Oct. 2011 11.4982308129935
Nov. 2011 11.6744453300743
Dec. 2011 11.4043137847932
Jan. 2012 12.328069137077
Feb. 2012 12.6334559090089
Mar. 2012 12.9636957702922
Apr. 2012 12.6567440935053
May. 2012 12.0116208306746
Jun. 2012 11.8911769898576
Jul. 2012 12.5919404265328
Aug. 2012 12.9175023083412
Sep. 2012 13.3369913505065
Oct. 2012 13.2082993544978
Nov. 2012 12.1870178239455
Dec. 2012 12.8552082191014
Jan. 2013 13.1189796566723
Feb. 2013 13.5300253115834
Mar. 2013 13.7171556820603
Apr. 2013 13.5910511721442
May. 2013 14.4775024002568
Jun. 2013 14.1019383813522
Jul. 2013 14.5080179481071
Aug. 2013 14.5795585536484
Sep. 2013 14.8367110941737
Oct. 2013 14.7109750707644
Nov. 2013 15.0320946052702
Dec. 2013 15.1988677185463
Jan. 2014 15.4252385193823
Feb. 2014 15.4341385893007
Mar. 2014 15.6027354667202
Apr. 2014 15.4960763711562
May. 2014 15.4499067377898
Jun. 2014 15.8287708322437
Jul. 2014 15.9659101983146
Aug. 2014 15.5473886490461
Sep. 2014 15.8925667825403
Oct. 2014 14.7596186452827
Nov. 2014 16.1898754152841
Dec. 2014 16.1135296061402
Jan. 2015 16.2287692410694
Feb. 2015 17.3510804162781
Mar. 2015 17.2718898709291
Apr. 2015 17.2854961096072
May. 2015 17.0889641394198
Jun. 2015 16.9588684154837
Jul. 2015 16.9771660123959
Aug. 2015 16.7530248694363
Sep. 2015 16.0930077961356
Oct. 2015 16.1402227224994
Nov. 2015 16.7962196484938
Dec. 2015 16.6871912260311
Jan. 2016 15.2959393676864
Feb. 2016 15.911268929756
Mar. 2016 16.7091485953314
Apr. 2016 17.0916536668678
May. 2016 16.6740858953944
Jun. 2016 16.7454941686885
Jul. 2016 17.3977536224772
Aug. 2016 17.5190155726164
Sep. 2016 16.9177512004237
Oct. 2016 16.8896064688013
Nov. 2016 16.9468418350312
Dec. 2016 17.3284243256063
Jan. 2017 17.2752500878079
Feb. 2017 17.9098413230605
Mar. 2017 18.0365346963174
Apr. 2017 17.5411101102714
May. 2017 17.495125606295
Jun. 2017 17.9095422998567
Jul. 2017 18.2284815677477
Aug. 2017 18.0948771252735
Sep. 2017 18.1816125015003
Oct. 2017 18.4434227010532
Nov. 2017 18.1454083072413
Dec. 2017 18.6376351750283
Jan. 2018 18.7258654982959
Feb. 2018 17.2803883524804
Mar. 2018 17.3746351865854
Apr. 2018 16.9212469542853
May. 2018 16.6826316239902
Jun. 2018 16.8409578713253
Jul. 2018 17.0294779804557
Aug. 2018 16.8207308843507
Sep. 2018 17.2092153832245
Oct. 2018 16.4923694550479
Nov. 2018 15.7185698254243
Dec. 2018 14.6494334731365
Jan. 2019 15.4544824193505
Feb. 2019 16.3426060913023
Mar. 2019 16.6017284659393
Apr. 2019 17.0780602866262
May. 2019 16.6616889276728
Jun. 2019 17.0282952900927
Jul. 2019 17.4494237781561
Aug. 2019 16.5423978563796
Sep. 2019 17.4030524711923
Oct. 2019 17.3126074323521
Nov. 2019 17.8324221552982
Dec. 2019 18.2515123892571
Jan. 2020 18.7318351556017
Feb. 2020 19.2710036598784
Mar. 2020 14.1257883336198
Apr. 2020 18.9301490658762
May. 2020 20.518115977185
Jun. 2020 22.3998652786803
Jul. 2020 23.0961944056229
Aug. 2020 23.0974716318702
Sep. 2020 22.6402750899235
Oct. 2020 22.8102755105396
Nov. 2020 22.2430595649087
Dec. 2020 22.5584138180575
Jan. 2021 23.0474608048287
Feb. 2021 22.7576542634702
Mar. 2021 22.4530498285178
Apr. 2021 22.6458386773974
May. 2021 21.330678002255
Jun. 2021 21.5965144613538
Jul. 2021 22.1795836941987
Aug. 2021 21.4375411940951
Sep. 2021 21.6305458629054
Oct. 2021 20.8066928573318
Nov. 2021 21.841213246662
Dec. 2021 21.6020329616536
Jan. 2022 20.550761949638
Feb. 2022 19.9605285888593
Mar. 2022 19.1288046063189
Apr. 2022 19.3245468711778
May. 2022 16.8647628301618
Jun. 2022 16.1620910831281
Jul. 2022 16.3362697759251
Aug. 2022 18.6067025408414
Sep. 2022 17.1122312072407
Oct. 2022 16.1647671046097
Nov. 2022 17.5806992981899
Dec. 2022 17.6435815695991
Jan. 2023 17.491355467516
Feb. 2023 18.6615446706202
Mar. 2023 17.4155401227003
Apr. 2023 18.5735861436719
May. 2023 18.4148466031764
Jun. 2023 19.1930485665955
Jul. 2023 20.1626174411013
Aug. 2023 19.1114103401871
Sep. 2023 19.1377084402059

Note: The figure shows the aggregate forward price-to-earnings ratio of S&P 500 firms, based on expected earnings for 12 months ahead. The median value is 15.55 ratio.

Source: Federal Reserve Board staff calculations using Refinitiv, Institutional Brokers' Estimate System (IBES) estimates.

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Figure 1.5. An estimate of the equity premium fell further below its historical median

Percentage points

Date Spread
Oct. 1991 3.31427872022933
Nov. 1991 3.29905152903821
Dec. 1991 3.80762327381709
Jan. 1992 2.88297739349424
Feb. 1992 2.79872283149168
Mar. 1992 2.73553236501514
Apr. 1992 3.00458317695771
May. 1992 3.1447405446378
Jun. 1992 3.59476231850855
Jul. 1992 3.57411086582668
Aug. 1992 3.78308638709405
Sep. 1992 3.92793810083843
Oct. 1992 3.83745798154281
Nov. 1992 3.38282575652048
Dec. 1992 3.38447460914295
Jan. 1993 3.48812928288156
Feb. 1993 3.80456406003826
Mar. 1993 3.87350890883222
Apr. 1993 4.09277390660521
May. 1993 4.22688814007965
Jun. 1993 4.40950823616495
Jul. 1993 4.33185856752072
Aug. 1993 4.35515479120371
Sep. 1993 4.64819491513862
Oct. 1993 4.76707844437311
Nov. 1993 4.38464775579905
Dec. 1993 4.44471028305064
Jan. 1994 4.35631216250068
Feb. 1994 4.17933401369611
Mar. 1994 3.79479194239644
Apr. 1994 3.82863271991632
May. 1994 3.6781021604889
Jun. 1994 3.73794888407627
Jul. 1994 3.80100244196774
Aug. 1994 3.75137465696865
Sep. 1994 3.58307653107891
Oct. 1994 3.43771055015621
Nov. 1994 3.46588734108495
Dec. 1994 3.88675388091905
Jan. 1995 3.540581766
Feb. 1995 3.7605137334
Mar. 1995 3.98662452977977
Apr. 1995 4.09168277935384
May. 1995 4.3816449329795
Jun. 1995 4.72191428713636
Jul. 1995 4.32177401927545
Aug. 1995 4.08359751519548
Sep. 1995 4.1793445482478
Oct. 1995 4.11672746813124
Nov. 1995 4.21912537155324
Dec. 1995 4.1584284791457
Jan. 1996 4.36825794779476
Feb. 1996 3.64660625023885
Mar. 1996 3.34441824371229
Apr. 1996 3.09520486226768
May. 1996 2.74371242481186
Jun. 1996 2.81173705789495
Jul. 1996 3.03328201200268
Aug. 1996 3.03036570968195
Sep. 1996 2.6548258371005
Oct. 1996 2.80365147054795
Nov. 1996 2.94339600414958
Dec. 1996 2.95155842112662
Jan. 1997 2.45521157405991
Feb. 1997 2.28000460979389
Mar. 1997 2.2215301597253
Apr. 1997 2.11276149208368
May. 1997 1.81521043937943
Jun. 1997 1.69465607729229
Jul. 1997 1.87902725529582
Aug. 1997 1.9318085999801
Sep. 1997 1.93795113399938
Oct. 1997 1.68111707947904
Nov. 1997 2.02992909377511
Dec. 1997 2.04576274322786
Jan. 1998 2.2949436509839
Feb. 1998 1.77994539073
Mar. 1998 1.46066949852118
Apr. 1998 1.26769682406067
May. 1998 1.28887431741285
Jun. 1998 1.50293899902118
Jul. 1998 1.27899910650859
Aug. 1998 1.75767297927876
Sep. 1998 2.48129678904038
Oct. 1998 2.8587053764259
Nov. 1998 1.96174862965216
Dec. 1998 2.04317009529159
Jan. 1999 1.44158140417905
Feb. 1999 1.20180541849689
Mar. 1999 0.757636063576651
Apr. 1999 1.00715361565467
May. 1999 0.715021010460791
Jun. 1999 0.430579023475135
Jul. 1999 0.329193388712053
Aug. 1999 0.397005216647228
Sep. 1999 0.456282481869048
Oct. 1999 0.426460205712697
Nov. 1999 0.243979008960101
Dec. 1999 0.0268179192567288
Jan. 2000 -0.3032400247661
Feb. 2000 -0.0426646492237985
Mar. 2000 0.210808063657346
Apr. 2000 0.42037451203579
May. 2000 0.0154958567449555
Jun. 2000 0.319150122247865
Jul. 2000 0.41283617869425
Aug. 2000 0.634164519022304
Sep. 2000 0.63143423886575
Oct. 2000 1.2118240566059
Nov. 2000 1.10249840240762
Dec. 2000 1.57027345379645
Jan. 2001 1.66644896644638
Feb. 2001 1.67440656665751
Mar. 2001 2.39242466555568
Apr. 2001 1.7760490970528
May. 2001 1.3997606700465
Jun. 2001 1.607024963075
Jul. 2001 1.6843531689239
Aug. 2001 1.98422558773557
Sep. 2001 2.8810332459
Oct. 2001 2.6012568912
Nov. 2001 2.2622166053
Dec. 2001 1.7824856599
Jan. 2002 1.93789043084762
Feb. 2002 2.14870354413684
Mar. 2002 1.7197786352
Apr. 2002 1.96878136247273
May. 2002 2.25611834040909
Jun. 2002 2.8628741266
Jul. 2002 3.79264707203637
Aug. 2002 3.98895665982727
Sep. 2002 4.6980811636
Oct. 2002 4.53604882638182
Nov. 2002 4.36712369142632
Dec. 2002 4.34431607332381
Jan. 2003 4.26664547664286
Feb. 2003 4.88128269161579
Mar. 2003 4.82914818617619
Apr. 2003 4.71462769894762
May. 2003 4.79424730329048
Jun. 2003 4.64640359883333
Jul. 2003 4.1533540547
Aug. 2003 3.76134244744286
Sep. 2003 3.79675960449048
Oct. 2003 3.76695784259091
Nov. 2003 3.89603787463333
Dec. 2003 3.82605405325455
Jan. 2004 3.7461522971
Feb. 2004 3.80818051596316
Mar. 2004 4.28625177417391
Apr. 2004 3.84952769760476
May. 2004 3.8841321559
Jun. 2004 3.70947504885238
Jul. 2004 4.13891977364762
Aug. 2004 4.51257633708182
Sep. 2004 4.5774118926
Oct. 2004 4.7206523047
Nov. 2004 4.3630327631
Dec. 2004 4.28528726303636
Jan. 2005 4.4037492893
Feb. 2005 4.38910704471053
Mar. 2005 4.25579490003636
Apr. 2005 4.61189724228571
May. 2005 4.82335110584762
Jun. 2005 4.91671100731818
Jul. 2005 4.7448105245
Aug. 2005 4.77045453108696
Sep. 2005 4.9068840034381
Oct. 2005 4.9193705128
Nov. 2005 4.6847570405
Dec. 2005 4.6045077949381
Jan. 2006 4.7075649174
Feb. 2006 4.53813191542105
Mar. 2006 4.31615431379565
Apr. 2006 4.09716325966316
May. 2006 4.30855866760909
Jun. 2006 4.62180237782727
Jul. 2006 4.543442776
Aug. 2006 4.63647002481304
Sep. 2006 4.7141318871
Oct. 2006 4.52464792600476
Nov. 2006 4.59215051796191
Dec. 2006 4.611552
Jan. 2007 4.18063380972857
Feb. 2007 4.04869515229474
Mar. 2007 4.57046392134546
Apr. 2007 4.1554302122
May. 2007 4.03294530283636
Jun. 2007 3.76237867798571
Jul. 2007 3.80630921868095
Aug. 2007 4.81104994732174
Sep. 2007 4.43432782664737
Oct. 2007 4.42805925877273
Nov. 2007 5.0820587381
Dec. 2007 5.1702308179
Jan. 2008 5.99236543087619
Feb. 2008 5.8653970211
Mar. 2008 6.4066231161
Apr. 2008 5.85850605996573
May. 2008 5.40148694412908
Jun. 2008 5.59609092863047
Jul. 2008 6.25070736200653
Aug. 2008 5.96267126938711
Sep. 2008 6.93195393379366
Oct. 2008 8.31124055469268
Nov. 2008 8.73694334722563
Dec. 2008 7.98801786086921
Jan. 2009 8.05084242592808
Feb. 2009 7.04014841784376
Mar. 2009 7.20352847669335
Apr. 2009 6.64679811893963
May. 2009 5.70126906482508
Jun. 2009 5.23553533164012
Jul. 2009 5.38570743131467
Aug. 2009 5.1980057284808
Sep. 2009 5.10533432041545
Oct. 2009 4.9367403636199
Nov. 2009 5.2360153227491
Dec. 2009 5.19790943638101
Jan. 2010 5.25092592661086
Feb. 2010 5.78185752731631
Mar. 2010 5.46120661057852
Apr. 2010 5.20957449563204
May. 2010 6.54449867090297
Jun. 2010 6.84768809274505
Jul. 2010 7.15989349326431
Aug. 2010 7.77092673909029
Sep. 2010 7.63559954375532
Oct. 2010 7.35387282194428
Nov. 2010 7.32779214556603
Dec. 2010 6.48289879060822
Jan. 2011 6.39736174866077
Feb. 2011 5.95789100580971
Mar. 2011 6.74338981978824
Apr. 2011 6.57622913706917
May. 2011 6.91049663192141
Jun. 2011 7.61398458491775
Jul. 2011 7.23202035253923
Aug. 2011 8.8961211313292
Sep. 2011 9.25277374098387
Oct. 2011 8.9787401328627
Nov. 2011 9.01081744638091
Dec. 2011 9.25596415104572
Jan. 2012 8.41950536044734
Feb. 2012 8.23274548406021
Mar. 2012 7.81297238914052
Apr. 2012 8.31408804834019
May. 2012 9.00784384995453
Jun. 2012 9.27433455445411
Jul. 2012 8.77471632172172
Aug. 2012 8.40105204653512
Sep. 2012 8.13473240343441
Oct. 2012 8.14212597528375
Nov. 2012 8.86975784029727
Dec. 2012 8.37810828820165
Jan. 2013 8.01870592441252
Feb. 2013 7.7094112964598
Mar. 2013 7.63464607001444
Apr. 2013 7.92010987715572
May. 2013 7.28370057809307
Jun. 2013 7.06423373918767
Jul. 2013 6.48579486098104
Aug. 2013 6.27909095172149
Sep. 2013 6.10422322828176
Oct. 2013 6.44620957026323
Nov. 2013 6.19116441285419
Dec. 2013 5.93053272111541
Jan. 2014 5.88706287497488
Feb. 2014 6.02870673742135
Mar. 2014 5.95023255948786
Apr. 2014 5.96197980157209
May. 2014 6.13971193834832
Jun. 2014 5.93622899927505
Jul. 2014 5.89167659158481
Aug. 2014 6.17462926802176
Sep. 2014 5.9181926650901
Oct. 2014 6.62739283780448
Nov. 2014 6.00233865427366
Dec. 2014 6.16284221247464
Jan. 2015 6.33896672048748
Feb. 2015 5.82563513116909
Mar. 2015 5.79434982370289
Apr. 2015 5.93158334352074
May. 2015 5.72116474004613
Jun. 2015 5.60472894401566
Jul. 2015 5.68065550716695
Aug. 2015 5.91620463600709
Sep. 2015 6.1481311841601
Oct. 2015 6.23900135623793
Nov. 2015 5.77911539993824
Dec. 2015 5.84004754107105
Jan. 2016 6.5192038933464
Feb. 2016 6.56579385457415
Mar. 2016 6.15614539963602
Apr. 2016 6.21068988036073
May. 2016 6.34832073521512
Jun. 2016 6.49528296151596
Jul. 2016 6.37364349647276
Aug. 2016 6.27266588706429
Sep. 2016 6.39684157077359
Oct. 2016 6.34866106584142
Nov. 2016 5.92840446442045
Dec. 2016 5.43293180551085
Jan. 2017 5.6133331435665
Feb. 2017 5.41923818170846
Mar. 2017 5.32079355137305
Apr. 2017 5.66903558315205
May. 2017 5.67298235371075
Jun. 2017 5.67331558969448
Jul. 2017 5.39387045669457
Aug. 2017 5.54207384812142
Sep. 2017 5.53039220938696
Oct. 2017 5.25449665135882
Nov. 2017 5.34321228217218
Dec. 2017 5.1439975636006
Jan. 2018 4.99730235662924
Feb. 2018 5.15465435106546
Mar. 2018 5.15182607496192
Apr. 2018 5.34334424522825
May. 2018 5.30709448510116
Jun. 2018 5.31191404866694
Jul. 2018 5.171994419582
Aug. 2018 5.25004921003996
Sep. 2018 5.00424542176363
Oct. 2018 5.11585556725841
Nov. 2018 5.44689195876154
Dec. 2018 6.20368676180553
Jan. 2019 5.96510511226428
Feb. 2019 5.64535403851343
Mar. 2019 5.64817873088041
Apr. 2019 5.51567547201168
May. 2019 5.7922016268743
Jun. 2019 5.98600345678227
Jul. 2019 5.87014827198618
Aug. 2019 6.60853647539441
Sep. 2019 6.23038339842807
Oct. 2019 6.26248289086094
Nov. 2019 5.97665262518493
Dec. 2019 5.78985514715025
Jan. 2020 5.76310523577919
Feb. 2020 5.87196437504315
Mar. 2020 8.33925545375579
Apr. 2020 6.69403572750881
May. 2020 6.29934182760407
Jun. 2020 5.84818529778432
Jul. 2020 5.73118126837897
Aug. 2020 5.71131629610923
Sep. 2020 5.77360270327924
Oct. 2020 5.72081293958723
Nov. 2020 5.74859491731579
Dec. 2020 5.62534942726364
Jan. 2021 5.46223066023684
Feb. 2021 5.32185230268947
Mar. 2021 4.98251185794348
Apr. 2021 5.02721777954545
May. 2021 5.3111935194
Jun. 2021 5.35594500391818
Jul. 2021 5.59173661498572
Aug. 2021 5.78849134112727
Sep. 2021 5.6605299318381
Oct. 2021 5.7384958246
Nov. 2021 5.5242852358
Dec. 2021 5.65460757276364
Jan. 2022 5.5283346279
Feb. 2022 5.50528210304211
Mar. 2022 5.5428182008
Apr. 2022 5.1636005801
May. 2022 5.75144210151905
Jun. 2022 5.74772294280476
Jul. 2022 5.9317184701
Aug. 2022 5.21511175722609
Sep. 2022 5.03565426218095
Oct. 2022 5.0387588917
Nov. 2022 4.638430879
Dec. 2022 4.95565966207619
Jan. 2023 4.5217998138
Feb. 2023 3.93129743172632
Mar. 2023 4.3612329805087
Apr. 2023 4.216399889
May. 2023 4.1429009235
Jun. 2023 3.75193399901429
Jul. 2023 3.3981785291
Aug. 2023 3.40835012594348
Sep. 2023 3.1636660008

Note: The data begin in October 1991. The figure shows the difference between the aggregate forward earnings-to-price ratio of S&P 500 firms and the expected real Treasury yields, based on expected earnings for 12 months ahead. Expected real Treasury yields are calculated from the 10-year consumer price index inflation forecast, and the smoothed nominal yield curve is estimated from off-the-run securities. The median value is 4.73 percentage points.

Source: Federal Reserve Board staff calculations using Refinitiv, Institutional Brokers' Estimate System (IBES) estimates; Department of the Treasury; Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Survey of Professional Forecasters.

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Figure 1.6. Volatility in equity markets stood slightly above its historical median

Percent

Date Option-implied volatility Realized volatility
Jan. 1996 13.4736363636364 11.6566187850931
Feb. 1996 15.033 11.4877706421113
Mar. 1996 17.762380952381 14.5688634686654
Apr. 1996 16.2122222222222 12.2488584387225
May. 1996 16.1463636363636 11.3138943978626
Jun. 1996 16.5035294117647 11.11112671019
Jul. 1996 17.9786363636364 15.0356901982493
Aug. 1996 15.7604545454545 13.4331284543749
Sep. 1996 16.578 11.1821420910606
Oct. 1996 16.2863636363636 9.861055937049
Nov. 1996 15.997 10.2628324664184
Dec. 1996 19.2609523809524 13.425978997329
Jan. 1997 19.6166666666667 14.5963399523465
Feb. 1997 20.1394736842105 14.8259427148092
Mar. 1997 20.17 14.6328459295624
Apr. 1997 19.6955 17.1699836280343
May. 1997 19.9247619047619 16.3696285386738
Jun. 1997 20.1942857142857 14.9982901169365
Jul. 1997 20.5085714285714 16.1644656439612
Aug. 1997 23.0847619047619 18.1191477347283
Sep. 1997 23.7994736842105 18.7719617495149
Oct. 1997 23.8708695652174 18.8211284919062
Nov. 1997 31.9842105263158 24.0146151375036
Dec. 1997 26.2763636363636 18.5264332257845
Jan. 1998 23.8665 17.909985727529
Feb. 1998 19.9989473684211 15.369214033815
Mar. 1998 20.032380952381 12.676419383691
Apr. 1998 22.1621052631579 13.0099678387924
May. 1998 20.874 13.9477652065617
Jun. 1998 21.6627272727273 15.5998403966421
Jul. 1998 20.2326315789474 14.6188614047591
Aug. 1998 31.5880952380952 22.8110212250671
Sep. 1998 38.132 34.2421077294608
Oct. 1998 36.6081818181818 33.0453600617476
Nov. 1998 26.223 23.1583995138956
Dec. 1998 25.4790909090909 18.9543402886485
Jan. 1999 27.9688888888889 19.5200289981339
Feb. 1999 28.8226315789474 21.734710723945
Mar. 1999 25.3095652173913 20.658272843137
Apr. 1999 23.4785714285714 19.8640247165151
May. 1999 26.2045 20.9609677377596
Jun. 1999 23.5457142857143 19.2657475599323
Jul. 1999 21.0490476190476 16.5516576844743
Aug. 1999 24.3236363636364 17.748392418423
Sep. 1999 24.5414285714286 18.9729765136561
Oct. 1999 24.0214285714286 20.9139473129774
Nov. 1999 21.8180952380952 19.2602099721433
Dec. 1999 22.1590909090909 16.8978865494092
Jan. 2000 23.202 19.2555327790101
Feb. 2000 23.5955 21.8650306297721
Mar. 2000 22.7340909090909 24.3950746668746
Apr. 2000 27.1642105263158 32.6691930722064
May. 2000 26.3731818181818 28.6644288470057
Jun. 2000 21.54 22.8968098656007
Jul. 2000 19.893 17.9837291118187
Aug. 2000 18.0886956521739 16.214761960692
Sep. 2000 19.6875 15.2126611818622
Oct. 2000 25.2 23.3637445827611
Nov. 2000 26.3828571428572 24.8172490668793
Dec. 2000 26.5305 25.2457771910425
Jan. 2001 24.9185714285714 27.3649043056417
Feb. 2001 23.4115789473684 21.5537529055566
Mar. 2001 28.5355 26.815103259492
Apr. 2001 28.134 28.2540550757652
May. 2001 22.9440909090909 21.9129057443342
Jun. 2001 20.9404761904762 18.0718874460978
Jul. 2001 22.3161904761905 17.4093825755783
Aug. 2001 21.8617391304348 16.9744560708206
Sep. 2001 35.0653333333333 25.3424918912052
Oct. 2001 32.6122727272727 27.4211328539089
Nov. 2001 26.6309523809524 23.6846566501038
Dec. 2001 23.72 18.7964915409243
Jan. 2002 22.2528571428571 16.073146363552
Feb. 2002 22.8757894736842 19.0094372637987
Mar. 2002 18.985 18.1481727758259
Apr. 2002 19.9004545454546 16.3453798583316
May. 2002 20.0877272727273 17.4611400956036
Jun. 2002 25.271 21.1333274486287
Jul. 2002 34.0495454545455 33.7850371314776
Aug. 2002 33.7427272727273 37.9753616856707
Sep. 2002 37.6475 31.1323157517717
Oct. 2002 35.4295454545455 35.0870849550389
Nov. 2002 28.175 29.8134675226808
Dec. 2002 28.2104761904762 23.9663102089986
Jan. 2003 27.5063157894737 21.4505919977116
Feb. 2003 32.2184210526316 23.2461052901524
Mar. 2003 30.6342857142857 24.0081118773625
Apr. 2003 23.9919047619048 22.7335495143388
May. 2003 20.2395238095238 19.3960454023669
Jun. 2003 20.362380952381 17.8766912176074
Jul. 2003 19.1613636363636 17.9486498687901
Aug. 2003 19.2742857142857 17.438529588216
Sep. 2003 19.532380952381 14.6265215784408
Oct. 2003 18.0234782608696 14.3971560209866
Nov. 2003 17.401052631579 13.1474230651579
Dec. 2003 16.8263636363636 11.9001925679169
Jan. 2004 15.9533333333333 11.1314487383844
Feb. 2004 15.9984210526316 12.4150876683085
Mar. 2004 17.6873913043478 13.1072305557955
Apr. 2004 15.6985714285714 13.2198654870086
May. 2004 17.705 15.2929520954062
Jun. 2004 15.3571428571429 12.4669372305967
Jul. 2004 15.502380952381 11.5567671260595
Aug. 2004 16.6840909090909 12.5082982084267
Sep. 2004 14.0809523809524 10.5133871100998
Oct. 2004 14.97 10.5398910558138
Nov. 2004 13.5771428571429 11.2109162029462
Dec. 2004 12.4595454545455 10.5326421832962
Jan. 2005 13.438 10.6812755145303
Feb. 2005 11.7089473684211 9.9689597803016
Mar. 2005 13.1263636363636 10.4507635721982
Apr. 2005 14.4590476190476 11.9499075424551
May. 2005 13.967619047619 13.1239697776445
Jun. 2005 11.8686363636364 10.8756043130302
Jul. 2005 11.049 10.2913222818729
Aug. 2005 12.9513043478261 9.66437762615463
Sep. 2005 12.6280952380952 10.3272675983211
Oct. 2005 14.937619047619 12.9316452270514
Nov. 2005 12.147619047619 11.9832649407059
Dec. 2005 11.26 9.85930630401064
Jan. 2006 12.036 9.74235107996928
Feb. 2006 12.4710526315789 10.3879054132401
Mar. 2006 11.6939130434783 9.66817743612014
Apr. 2006 11.8473684210526 10.1730710399803
May. 2006 14.4545454545455 11.8738359405788
Jun. 2006 16.9186363636364 15.1783565870971
Jul. 2006 15.326 13.8102136231216
Aug. 2006 13.3517391304348 12.2560857174005
Sep. 2006 12.1845 9.57524546639898
Oct. 2006 11.3063636363636 8.86814948691125
Nov. 2006 10.817619047619 9.04602864586561
Dec. 2006 10.9645 9.47361630033122
Jan. 2007 11.0425 9.44696147329916
Feb. 2007 11.1552631578947 9.08838857458519
Mar. 2007 15.1627272727273 14.3279175742578
Apr. 2007 12.933 11.4042261451199
May. 2007 13.2977272727273 9.91101379157058
Jun. 2007 14.947619047619 11.4096338730991
Jul. 2007 17.2733333333333 13.514441701057
Aug. 2007 25.0260869565217 23.4280821482347
Sep. 2007 22.1989473684211 19.7381396175246
Oct. 2007 19.115652173913 15.49150390601
Nov. 2007 25.582380952381 21.5065842257502
Dec. 2007 21.651 20.9905219890264
Jan. 2008 25.8161904761905 25.1384878376794
Feb. 2008 25.456 27.9417185106449
Mar. 2008 27.1035 26.7243808517076
Apr. 2008 21.5627272727273 21.3725706770101
May. 2008 18.3033333333333 16.8056555044715
Jun. 2008 22.1104761904762 17.3856471858408
Jul. 2008 24.3213636363636 23.0542111858013
Aug. 2008 20.6957142857143 20.3696621296938
Sep. 2008 30.2385714285714 30.1077579995026
Oct. 2008 61.1773913043478 66.3819276400899
Nov. 2008 62.6394736842105 72.3308986090795
Dec. 2008 52.405 61.6131194953173
Jan. 2009 44.683 43.4156360104618
Feb. 2009 45.5705263157895 40.4846323582632
Mar. 2009 44.7954545454545 42.7226805785173
Apr. 2009 38.0638095238095 35.204263635321
May. 2009 31.978 29.3925587563568
Jun. 2009 29.1404545454546 25.0873033234118
Jul. 2009 26.1627272727273 21.5233238460221
Aug. 2009 25.3371428571429 19.3268379593117
Sep. 2009 24.9266666666667 17.4887306283558
Oct. 2009 24.2522727272727 17.5732020515553
Nov. 2009 23.7835 19.4878488359566
Dec. 2009 21.2395454545455 15.2689702451685
Jan. 2010 20.6431578947368 12.8420627684371
Feb. 2010 22.54 17.92272861273
Mar. 2010 17.7673913043478 14.1326838665735
Apr. 2010 17.4242857142857 12.488877396977
May. 2010 31.9295 27.6006154175063
Jun. 2010 29.9163636363636 26.9879002009458
Jul. 2010 25.5652380952381 23.0237806202903
Aug. 2010 24.7459090909091 18.8953294835111
Sep. 2010 22.517619047619 16.8384636054728
Oct. 2010 20.3733333333333 14.8915032719522
Nov. 2010 20.0957142857143 13.9403787559562
Dec. 2010 17.5695454545455 11.8436436780211
Jan. 2011 17.3155 9.7383372325208
Feb. 2011 17.43 10.6298957108276
Mar. 2011 20.7234782608696 14.3053005318161
Apr. 2011 16.244 12.4133200113049
May. 2011 16.9114285714286 12.3613950217692
Jun. 2011 19.1531818181818 13.5602890076561
Jul. 2011 19.2275 13.7794048271223
Aug. 2011 35.0291304347826 31.7230306390831
Sep. 2011 36.53 30.9495920833367
Oct. 2011 32.8290476190476 30.162169813219
Nov. 2011 31.9419047619048 25.0171579832692
Dec. 2011 25.047619047619 20.6202752281825
Jan. 2012 20.228 15.4721182409961
Feb. 2012 18.4205 12.4112564554688
Mar. 2012 16.1672727272727 10.9025437049711
Apr. 2012 17.823 11.4980653865886
May. 2012 21.0018181818182 13.7224418140324
Jun. 2012 21.1309523809524 15.5688246364909
Jul. 2012 17.5652380952381 14.8024556014509
Aug. 2012 15.6895652173913 13.1348708925604
Sep. 2012 15.2847368421053 10.9778398315505
Oct. 2012 16.2761904761905 11.2689168396496
Nov. 2012 16.7019047619048 13.8121767547819
Dec. 2012 17.307 12.8811356619473
Jan. 2013 13.5052380952381 11.7484329050941
Feb. 2013 14.0726315789474 9.64400091073805
Mar. 2013 13.0315 10.133307980037
Apr. 2013 13.9672727272727 11.4500300587223
May. 2013 13.4936363636364 11.6097957370612
Jun. 2013 17.2715 14.5016975392901
Jul. 2013 13.9745454545455 13.4837858224316
Aug. 2013 14.21 10.3994885196458
Sep. 2013 14.692 10.6929957916859
Oct. 2013 15.4078260869565 11.2086886218169
Nov. 2013 12.924 9.88850423120719
Dec. 2013 14.192380952381 9.4984155423318
Jan. 2014 14.2409523809524 9.33424611211761
Feb. 2014 15.47 11.7681297763561
Mar. 2014 14.8366666666667 11.6376469948347
Apr. 2014 14.1980952380952 12.2010628555177
May. 2014 12.4752380952381 10.9819156391693
Jun. 2014 11.5414285714286 8.25465148710588
Jul. 2014 12.2963636363636 7.98002607516907
Aug. 2014 13.4919047619048 9.81958754404602
Sep. 2014 13.4666666666667 8.81115364065528
Oct. 2014 18.0586956521739 15.8075078784219
Nov. 2014 13.4131578947368 13.3856374724363
Dec. 2014 16.2922727272727 12.6668671564202
Jan. 2015 19.1195 15.7460451632904
Feb. 2015 15.9042105263158 15.0476768597676
Mar. 2015 14.8127272727273 11.8979316804852
Apr. 2015 13.4947619047619 11.3551924622657
May. 2015 13.3385 10.8628826330762
Jun. 2015 14.3395454545455 10.1765953622772
Jul. 2015 14.3527272727273 11.191311810975
Aug. 2015 19.4280952380952 17.1432354155929
Sep. 2015 24.3771428571429 26.9070871290945
Oct. 2015 16.7895454545455 19.5421996130274
Nov. 2015 16.21 14.1126104763073
Dec. 2015 18.0254545454546 14.7520494800841
Jan. 2016 23.7178947368421 20.9615875450159
Feb. 2016 22.517 23.7716871056679
Mar. 2016 15.8490909090909 17.4279437295529
Apr. 2016 14.3004761904762 12.5583244136503
May. 2016 14.8528571428571 11.4475286089058
Jun. 2016 17.7745454545455 11.1135670838533
Jul. 2016 13.1585 11.5290802049851
Aug. 2016 12.3995652173913 8.41863913145869
Sep. 2016 14.2195238095238 9.49410235733633
Oct. 2016 14.5852380952381 9.85706600574345
Nov. 2016 15.2361904761905 10.7384035073219
Dec. 2016 12.472380952381 9.00292364000244
Jan. 2017 11.6085 8.06207126717077
Feb. 2017 11.5305263157895 7.16270809502993
Mar. 2017 11.8978260869565 7.20014197506824
Apr. 2017 13.1363157894737 8.4863493564837
May. 2017 10.8622727272727 7.2414036316004
Jun. 2017 10.5136363636364 7.00734981152148
Jul. 2017 10.2645 7.11426285360016
Aug. 2017 11.975652173913 6.90205598484582
Sep. 2017 10.438 6.53566626585038
Oct. 2017 10.1254545454545 5.26939493634829
Nov. 2017 10.5404761904762 5.8398004291845
Dec. 2017 10.2645 7.22881282579005
Jan. 2018 11.062380952381 6.76962866852549
Feb. 2018 22.4647368421053 20.5549331805747
Mar. 2018 19.0238095238095 19.2454436747746
Apr. 2018 18.267619047619 19.5641610724449
May. 2018 14.1245454545455 14.7979795408323
Jun. 2018 13.6780952380952 11.0360395984579
Jul. 2018 13.147619047619 10.0201232493271
Aug. 2018 12.5469565217391 8.26390682621656
Sep. 2018 12.9105263157895 8.19163183789606
Oct. 2018 19.3521739130435 14.6652241327976
Nov. 2018 19.3890476190476 20.323625249354
Dec. 2018 24.9531578947368 24.2114654617999
Jan. 2019 19.572380952381 24.7922296895992
Feb. 2019 15.2347368421053 16.1468107170011
Mar. 2019 14.4852380952381 12.5299728709728
Apr. 2019 12.9490476190476 10.4120879083958
May. 2019 16.7218181818182 11.9507928153167
Jun. 2019 15.836 12.2920907469007
Jul. 2019 13.3059090909091 9.33504191322562
Aug. 2019 18.9790909090909 15.4946865207096
Sep. 2019 15.559 13.710217719438
Oct. 2019 15.4665217391304 12.9276864926939
Nov. 2019 12.5235 9.14638712356058
Dec. 2019 13.7566666666667 8.39224520020588
Jan. 2020 13.9409523809524 7.97687223498488
Feb. 2020 19.6289473684211 12.2261115559997
Mar. 2020 57.7368181818182 56.5103147014808
Apr. 2020 41.4538095238095 53.3646538270374
May. 2020 30.897 32.7282893894432
Jun. 2020 31.1195454545455 25.6028459907694
Jul. 2020 26.8404545454546 21.4847894674207
Aug. 2020 22.8895238095238 15.355970500256
Sep. 2020 27.6476190476191 20.5243139975057
Oct. 2020 29.4386363636364 19.5710260939484
Nov. 2020 24.9955 20.0205398286232
Dec. 2020 22.3740909090909 14.5368603435865
Jan. 2021 24.91 13.9442835874689
Feb. 2021 23.1405263157895 15.0465160240402
Mar. 2021 21.8430434782609 18.3612303425903
Apr. 2021 17.4161904761905 13.220054299749
May. 2021 19.7605 12.8142711355789
Jun. 2021 16.9568181818182 10.5941695252216
Jul. 2021 17.6033333333333 9.51831461960053
Aug. 2021 17.4727272727273 8.98766076940569
Sep. 2021 19.8247619047619 9.8974882008003
Oct. 2021 17.8714285714286 13.1343924523093
Nov. 2021 18.5004761904762 10.7478917241128
Dec. 2021 21.3545454545455 15.7821034191714
Jan. 2022 23.181 17.9129175170917
Feb. 2022 25.7484210526316 24.0426966635955
Mar. 2022 26.9686956521739 24.3942070570172
Apr. 2022 24.3735 19.5645999557827
May. 2022 29.4457142857143 27.6433781049473
Jun. 2022 28.1 26.5522831563486
Jul. 2022 24.8685 24.1574580014419
Aug. 2022 22.1695652173913 18.5694097680019
Sep. 2022 27.4061904761905 21.3534276577384
Oct. 2022 30.0057142857143 24.7610827779089
Nov. 2022 23.4361904761905 23.4464447888176
Dec. 2022 21.7842857142857 20.0585062679304
Jan. 2023 20.203 18.8571723273404
Feb. 2023 20.0621052631579 18.0036254410824
Mar. 2023 21.644347826087 18.3892265583928
Apr. 2023 17.8178947368421 14.9560046513108
May. 2023 17.6440909090909 12.8400203293641
Jun. 2023 13.9942857142857 11.646162730456
Jul. 2023 13.944 9.78994113867051
Aug. 2023 15.8539130434783 10.9875912786461
Sep. 2023 15.241 11.2191431515543

Note: Realized volatility is computed from an exponentially weighted moving average of 5-minute daily realized variances with 75 percent of the weight distributed over the past 20 business days.

Source: Refinitiv, DataScope Tick History; Federal Reserve Board staff estimates.

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Figure 1.7. Corporate bond yields rose above their historical medians

This is a line chart titled "Corporate bond yields rose above their historical medians.” The x-axis measures time and ranges from years 1997 to 2023. The y-axis ranges from 0 to 24 percent. The data are monthly and there are two variables plotted on the chart. The first line is labeled "High-yield" and is designated by a black line. It begins at around 9 percent in 1997 and rises gradually to around 13 percent in 2002. It falls to around 8 percent in 2003 and remains there until 2007. The curve rises to 11 in early 2008, before spiking to about 22 percent in late 2008. The series falls sharply to about 9 percent in 2009 before decreasing more slowly to 7 percent in 2011. The series generally remains around 6 percent through 2020, with local spikes to around 9 in late 2011, early 2016, and early 2020. The series stays around 4 percent in 2021 before rising gradually to about 9 percent by October 2022. The series decreases slightly throughout 2023, but in recent months begins to rise again finishing with a value around 8.5 percent. The second line is labeled "Triple-B" and is designated by a blue line. It begins at around 7 percent in 1997, fluctuates between 6 and 9 percent until 2002, and rises to 10 percent in late 2008. The series falls sharply to around 5 percent in late 2009. It remains between 3 and 5 percent from 2010 to 2019. It has a spike in early 2020 from 2 to 5 percent then decreases back to around 2 percent in October 2020. It hovers at the level through the end of 2021. The series then rises to 6 percent by the end of 2022 and falls back to around 5 percent in early 2023. The series has a gradual increase throughout 2023 and finishes with a value a little above 6 percent.

Note: The triple-B series reflects the effective yield of the ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofAML) triple-B U.S. Corporate Index (C0A4), and the high-yield series reflects the effective yield of the ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index (H0A0).

Source: ICE Data Indices, LLC, used with permission.

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Figure 1.8. Corporate bond spreads narrowed modestly

This is a line chart titled “Spreads to similar-maturity Treasury securities narrowed modestly.” The x-axis measures time and ranges from 1997 to 2023. The data are monthly, and there are two variables plotted on the chart. The first line is labeled "High-yield" and is designated by a black line. This line corresponds to the values on the right y-axis, which ranges from 0 to 24 percentage points. It begins at around 3 percentage points in 1997 and rises steadily, with local peaks in 1999, late 2000, and mid-2001, to around 10 percentage points by 2002. The series falls to 4 percentage points by the end of 2004 and then declines slowly to around 2 percent until 2007. The series then rises rapidly to its peak in late 2008 of around 20 percentage points. It then falls steeply in 2009 to around 6 percentage points before it falls gradually to 4 percentage points in 2011. In late 2011, the series spikes to 8 percentage points, before falling steadily to around 4 percentage points in 2014. The series rises gradually from 2014 to 2016 to 7 percentage points, then falls to around 4 percentage points again in 2017, remaining there through 2019. In early 2020, the series jumps to almost 9 percentage points then drops to about 5 percentage points in October. It then steadily decreases to about 3 percentage points in April 2021 to just below 3 percentage points and remains there until April 2022. The series then begins rising gradually again to around 5 percentage points in October 2022, then decreases slightly to just below 4 percentage points by April 2023. The series ends with a slight uptick closer to a value of 4 percentage points in September 2023. The second line is labeled "Triple B" and is designated by a blue line. This line corresponds to the values on the left y-axis, which ranges from 0 to 12 percentage points. It begins at just under 1 percentage point in 1997, rises to around 3.5 percentage points by the end of 2002. The series declines to around 1 percentage point by the start of 2004 and remains there until mid-2007. From there, it rapidly rises to its peak in late 2008 of around 7.7 percentage points. The series then falls steeply in 2009 to around 3 percentage points and declines further to below 2 percentage points in 2011. The series jumps to 3 percentage points in mid-2011 before declining slowly to 1.5 percentage points in 2014. The series then rises gradually to around 3 percentage points in early 2016, then declines to around 1 percentage point by early 2018. The series remains around 1.5 percentage points from 2018 through early 2020 before jumping to almost 4 percentage points in March 2020. The series then decreases to 1 percent by April 2021 and remains there through 2021. It slightly increases at the very end of 2021 into 2022 to around 2 percentage points, then rises slightly to nearly 3.5 percentage points by April 2023 before settling just under 3 percentage points in September 2023.

Note: The triple-B series reflects the option-adjusted spread of the ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofAML) triple-B U.S. Corporate Index (C0A4), and the high-yield series reflects the option-adjusted spread of the ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index (H0A0).

Source: ICE Data Indices, LLC, used with permission.

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Figure 1.9. The excess bond premium stayed near its historical mean

Percentage points

Date Excess Bond Premium
Jan. 1997 -0.342654592313972
Feb. 1997 -0.462606020453062
Mar. 1997 -0.488225863128492
Apr. 1997 -0.446325228024708
May. 1997 -0.443022631173682
Jun. 1997 -0.546708874589439
Jul. 1997 -0.520514214958828
Aug. 1997 -0.513240025841649
Sep. 1997 -0.566511214901413
Oct. 1997 -0.446450436791833
Nov. 1997 -0.337927226474647
Dec. 1997 -0.406896466696926
Jan. 1998 -0.368127772422949
Feb. 1998 -0.340264401375967
Mar. 1998 -0.38985694687042
Apr. 1998 -0.418463493605027
May. 1998 -0.380388666460949
Jun. 1998 -0.34432985619128
Jul. 1998 -0.305805287336481
Aug. 1998 0.0876908577843034
Sep. 1998 0.0706088830813472
Oct. 1998 0.195579766978977
Nov. 1998 0.183618037872711
Dec. 1998 0.0448810500433108
Jan. 1999 0.0419411985207299
Feb. 1999 -0.179162607195593
Mar. 1999 -0.166613569198802
Apr. 1999 -0.208794494731105
May. 1999 -0.202818063983081
Jun. 1999 -0.142736114041885
Jul. 1999 -0.091682714533609
Aug. 1999 -0.0385897655692828
Sep. 1999 0.0939673076214938
Oct. 1999 0.106711873136345
Nov. 1999 0.0719113625519607
Dec. 1999 -0.157144713313906
Jan. 2000 0.0269023444258269
Feb. 2000 0.116550608429196
Mar. 2000 0.381396565144444
Apr. 2000 0.539641369261961
May. 2000 0.719720411341091
Jun. 2000 0.757785075139698
Jul. 2000 0.838485378935823
Aug. 2000 0.987406838355595
Sep. 2000 1.09866012767491
Oct. 2000 1.49325633297258
Nov. 2000 1.57416999643594
Dec. 2000 1.56941159028422
Jan. 2001 1.11843111839348
Feb. 2001 1.14485371551199
Mar. 2001 1.08068059410408
Apr. 2001 0.902913940768504
May. 2001 0.767025705872087
Jun. 2001 1.00264738293937
Jul. 2001 0.765986823965488
Aug. 2001 0.740231203932793
Sep. 2001 1.21004187874125
Oct. 2001 1.02493828625665
Nov. 2001 -0.0798143329248804
Dec. 2001 0.41143809700071
Jan. 2002 0.566057239350279
Feb. 2002 0.768954888913615
Mar. 2002 0.287172297555725
Apr. 2002 0.405788912297307
May. 2002 0.498272224459145
Jun. 2002 0.937586271290218
Jul. 2002 1.5321018970319
Aug. 2002 1.42863590371328
Sep. 2002 1.60104233412729
Oct. 2002 1.40493441318667
Nov. 2002 1.02565550329109
Dec. 2002 0.877572677963635
Jan. 2003 0.83336457136619
Feb. 2003 0.625866876065869
Mar. 2003 0.123510872554585
Apr. 2003 0.0313871034491822
May. 2003 -0.508940305879458
Jun. 2003 -0.410787740022125
Jul. 2003 -1.06010228260993
Aug. 2003 -0.211577848674675
Sep. 2003 -0.560429803784046
Oct. 2003 -0.533008132033334
Nov. 2003 -0.55347860426312
Dec. 2003 -0.530651432233169
Jan. 2004 -0.720420226991891
Feb. 2004 -0.345209202557827
Mar. 2004 -0.531969646836501
Apr. 2004 -0.743685194789939
May. 2004 -0.364998872963116
Jun. 2004 -0.382955422005865
Jul. 2004 -0.32345772276791
Aug. 2004 -0.436308152354757
Sep. 2004 -0.557652805439426
Oct. 2004 -0.546798006930873
Nov. 2004 -0.685037064047734
Dec. 2004 -0.733773990931012
Jan. 2005 -0.717909258774226
Feb. 2005 -0.937546882204814
Mar. 2005 -0.641642631300851
Apr. 2005 -0.391157367865282
May. 2005 -0.316369178717013
Jun. 2005 -0.465296505020496
Jul. 2005 -0.565068221057368
Aug. 2005 -0.571185072639314
Sep. 2005 -0.478334142853693
Oct. 2005 -0.357603918693502
Nov. 2005 -0.326164136034155
Dec. 2005 -0.297696080947531
Jan. 2006 -0.379898050043177
Feb. 2006 -0.333708112129151
Mar. 2006 -0.417819997883699
Apr. 2006 -0.461542459579889
May. 2006 -0.365281054055664
Jun. 2006 -0.38163344973104
Jul. 2006 -0.288321922986172
Aug. 2006 -0.319743358566256
Sep. 2006 -0.374782464289901
Oct. 2006 -0.409021856213695
Nov. 2006 -0.379209744212046
Dec. 2006 -0.5043889023895
Jan. 2007 -0.567129154616769
Feb. 2007 -0.570776823801444
Mar. 2007 -0.38579240981872
Apr. 2007 -0.385250451845491
May. 2007 -0.599693064208252
Jun. 2007 -0.386337026827033
Jul. 2007 0.0131506216373607
Aug. 2007 0.131866421115112
Sep. 2007 0.0658028307906529
Oct. 2007 -0.0231702016961077
Nov. 2007 0.324457647596637
Dec. 2007 0.472228004140457
Jan. 2008 0.712368772255747
Feb. 2008 0.916705520367551
Mar. 2008 1.14307185269507
Apr. 2008 0.668393274197813
May. 2008 0.674970313194251
Jun. 2008 0.814394765680554
Jul. 2008 1.07601925834041
Aug. 2008 1.22196279433221
Sep. 2008 1.79924996308288
Oct. 2008 3.49808799456192
Nov. 2008 3.25676602650737
Dec. 2008 3.40573505581746
Jan. 2009 2.84118131864063
Feb. 2009 3.21583785257353
Mar. 2009 2.76573090676891
Apr. 2009 2.26000797746762
May. 2009 1.39173215912464
Jun. 2009 0.958905372603703
Jul. 2009 0.355620245371908
Aug. 2009 0.0843455897053222
Sep. 2009 0.0670597950719074
Oct. 2009 -0.137332429577985
Nov. 2009 -0.0125003208026904
Dec. 2009 -0.468134735725282
Jan. 2010 -0.199226412567283
Feb. 2010 -0.00190275848456922
Mar. 2010 -0.157028302558628
Apr. 2010 -0.271656399187473
May. 2010 -0.124361296647204
Jun. 2010 0.0399417642526339
Jul. 2010 0.160126574893313
Aug. 2010 -0.2985417139328
Sep. 2010 -0.0240983703192152
Oct. 2010 -0.0335259913347787
Nov. 2010 -0.155065732619339
Dec. 2010 -0.419308170328175
Jan. 2011 -0.0347422667295692
Feb. 2011 -0.2802843455595
Mar. 2011 -0.318032148302704
Apr. 2011 -0.273360011516322
May. 2011 -0.152614265865076
Jun. 2011 -0.0290868572161616
Jul. 2011 -0.0791818761111847
Aug. 2011 -0.117134254191514
Sep. 2011 0.429728336907522
Oct. 2011 -0.104313962234964
Nov. 2011 0.491777805142673
Dec. 2011 0.262337409152257
Jan. 2012 0.160139726842456
Feb. 2012 0.0352487786331954
Mar. 2012 -0.359000088557034
Apr. 2012 -0.188767269513164
May. 2012 -0.0999300774940681
Jun. 2012 0.142260348989538
Jul. 2012 -0.0307548143311798
Aug. 2012 -0.232017956744432
Sep. 2012 -0.176704387441232
Oct. 2012 -0.203896239831106
Nov. 2012 -0.0724653515967768
Dec. 2012 -0.186421177307717
Jan. 2013 -0.115313646691141
Feb. 2013 -0.0545806000412084
Mar. 2013 -0.119939332120309
Apr. 2013 -0.148499387319392
May. 2013 -0.512032767313673
Jun. 2013 -0.362040050097863
Jul. 2013 -0.0252540057901918
Aug. 2013 -0.129993002664841
Sep. 2013 -0.146776794782754
Oct. 2013 -0.0570604553375129
Nov. 2013 -0.0162736417155209
Dec. 2013 -0.167000211229483
Jan. 2014 -0.319835840156109
Feb. 2014 -0.224053136372804
Mar. 2014 -0.286023875849994
Apr. 2014 -0.366937265461026
May. 2014 -0.381776315899949
Jun. 2014 -0.315262341668464
Jul. 2014 -0.318802042204127
Aug. 2014 -0.315231509742941
Sep. 2014 -0.212050737542109
Oct. 2014 -0.214202959831966
Nov. 2014 0.0600609388176863
Dec. 2014 0.0916388541472801
Jan. 2015 -0.0339773166670856
Feb. 2015 -0.278777768844384
Mar. 2015 -0.123749102404099
Apr. 2015 0.00769989433460827
May. 2015 0.0537624753398767
Jun. 2015 0.150501594718493
Jul. 2015 0.211973804429168
Aug. 2015 0.399065293792935
Sep. 2015 0.537325985648388
Oct. 2015 0.421131600717042
Nov. 2015 0.509235890071669
Dec. 2015 0.687507638100786
Jan. 2016 0.915038656240482
Feb. 2016 0.943032732995768
Mar. 2016 0.567900619463159
Apr. 2016 0.223939960807561
May. 2016 0.236270847410251
Jun. 2016 0.0447087234523225
Jul. 2016 -0.00605046530348074
Aug. 2016 -0.0354574276927737
Sep. 2016 -0.0866478331861691
Oct. 2016 -0.0887496682133828
Nov. 2016 -0.732702671140523
Dec. 2016 -0.248658095868333
Jan. 2017 -0.201165200513581
Feb. 2017 -0.187943180525388
Mar. 2017 -0.179311459437347
Apr. 2017 -0.131907108016794
May. 2017 -0.18305179892922
Jun. 2017 -0.140569988593229
Jul. 2017 -0.166530251802495
Aug. 2017 -0.0960583189800039
Sep. 2017 -0.271011257417663
Oct. 2017 -0.230482100714866
Nov. 2017 -0.147105858617492
Dec. 2017 -0.209786055925185
Jan. 2018 -0.405818251357314
Feb. 2018 -0.251899716904795
Mar. 2018 -0.113703550610944
Apr. 2018 -0.290655202002838
May. 2018 -0.203975274654574
Jun. 2018 0.016923190221527
Jul. 2018 -0.137831222087335
Aug. 2018 -0.107449274216188
Sep. 2018 -0.186080201806108
Oct. 2018 -0.013918188215331
Nov. 2018 0.129777217220526
Dec. 2018 0.320417327819023
Jan. 2019 0.152505978254414
Feb. 2019 0.0418333305529957
Mar. 2019 -0.148952632565049
Apr. 2019 -0.0315175056557446
May. 2019 -0.0456307607005333
Jun. 2019 -0.022073402791597
Jul. 2019 -0.0714880361690871
Aug. 2019 -0.189650311591176
Sep. 2019 -0.266446398274544
Oct. 2019 -0.256739357267056
Nov. 2019 -0.202940279960891
Dec. 2019 -0.316151813521143
Jan. 2020 -0.278062563358184
Feb. 2020 -0.183927133619995
Mar. 2020 1.19696898468132
Apr. 2020 0.643029112023211
May. 2020 0.380335805991749
Jun. 2020 0.0272846746576705
Jul. 2020 -0.185169910365913
Aug. 2020 -0.31077780158919
Sep. 2020 -0.025569091247438
Oct. 2020 -0.231903742777634
Nov. 2020 -0.490461210638625
Dec. 2020 -0.526647066759055
Jan. 2021 -0.677144380283303
Feb. 2021 -0.959527081355614
Mar. 2021 -0.759251186302484
Apr. 2021 -0.500733554648881
May. 2021 -0.438049127019538
Jun. 2021 -0.593417161541011
Jul. 2021 -0.563492013884247
Aug. 2021 -0.488693840805231
Sep. 2021 -0.649796834966299
Oct. 2021 -0.524857721557508
Nov. 2021 -0.444489711929827
Dec. 2021 -0.444306390209758
Jan. 2022 -0.342384352913873
Feb. 2022 -0.207389673418729
Mar. 2022 -0.804484528294439
Apr. 2022 -0.284175650847385
May. 2022 -0.114307984706695
Jun. 2022 0.0793573455525871
Jul. 2022 -0.00914931864437251
Aug. 2022 -0.0440090653399343
Sep. 2022 0.0278175524376121
Oct. 2022 0.0789506539880993
Nov. 2022 -0.252953277003376
Dec. 2022 -0.0356710317458801
Jan. 2023 -0.0596270898202784
Feb. 2023 -0.17417918355601
Mar. 2023 -0.227823899808892
Apr. 2023 0.132346948377925
May. 2023 0.0805241216205419
Jun. 2023 0.134384147474991
Jul. 2023 -0.0229730028956634
Aug. 2023 0.0314957130194036
Sep. 2023 -0.0477807326434465

Note: The excess bond premium (EBP) is a measure of bond market investors' risk sentiment. It is derived as the residual of a regression that models corporate bond spreads after controlling for expected default losses. By construction, its historical mean is zero. Positive (negative) EBP values indicate that investors' risk appetite is below (above) its historical mean.

Source: Federal Reserve Board staff calculations based on Lehman Brothers Fixed Income Database (Warga); Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., ICE Data Services; Center for Research in Security Prices, CRSP/Compustat Merged Database, Wharton Research Data Services; S&P Global, Compustat.

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Figure 1.10. Spreads on leveraged loans fell modestly

Percentage points

Date B (monthly) B (weekly) BB (monthly) BB (weekly)
01/31/1997     2.09188813027478  
02/28/1997     2.08178410192779  
03/31/1997     2.0821313539782  
04/30/1997     2.13128050966926  
05/31/1997     2.15663678327004  
06/30/1997     2.16723470638971  
07/31/1997 2.27865930277876   1.91211795426737  
08/31/1997 2.25519091192546   1.84799350267688  
09/30/1997 2.28226436624624   1.89031225692967  
10/31/1997 2.54870194148935   1.95239138987806  
11/30/1997 2.55227719847765   1.91123857847702  
12/31/1997 2.57766307859505   1.8853121084073  
01/31/1998 2.58328670414448   2.03962118865891  
02/28/1998 2.57724045434183   2.07686434704832  
03/31/1998 2.61434693144427   2.0142442090996  
04/30/1998 2.60471125675774   2.01964906051112  
05/31/1998 2.64727726013339   2.1742561357748  
06/30/1998 2.63838491070021   2.2804004021624  
07/31/1998 2.65298114421288   2.25461214228082  
08/31/1998 2.75105860252154   2.33040625069404  
09/30/1998 2.94176293011435   2.50368333817936  
10/31/1998 3.06324577222541   2.63021214384542  
11/30/1998 3.34669581632647   2.68688948779824  
12/31/1998 3.23167824969875   2.5574278061721  
01/31/1999 3.20045350392008   2.62222216268432  
02/28/1999 3.21252047029818   2.54969107864208  
03/31/1999 3.57072031339457   2.48431663439138  
04/30/1999 3.9333620829635   2.65158887562905  
05/31/1999 3.79734775882652   2.84294180372083  
06/30/1999 3.85661993243559   2.84376703464754  
07/31/1999 4.09639914591775   2.94888708534177  
08/31/1999 4.45692369680667   2.99404771578472  
09/30/1999 4.74567730353751   3.96252458533367  
10/31/1999 4.96156505726983   4.08542737863742  
11/30/1999 4.74194866264647   3.90885983736204  
12/31/1999 6.07594580603178   4.01508894466472  
01/31/2000 6.24211266836964   4.07331847721963  
02/29/2000 6.0743165320234   4.11406244684139  
03/31/2000 6.05480803120477   3.43483075505671  
04/30/2000 5.4393059506722   3.51119269263113  
05/31/2000 5.2455597903178   3.25902829785642  
06/30/2000 5.67158559945934   3.11633077776893  
07/31/2000 6.03340100401027   3.00189608969078  
08/31/2000 5.72920206373075   3.02041146177765  
09/30/2000 6.65220806624019   3.19167801986832  
10/31/2000 6.90970681334637   3.25572404050639  
11/30/2000 7.30996411733616   3.0709693072654  
12/31/2000 6.68883659623133   3.04620716632122  
01/31/2001 6.26216559265882   2.95059470390094  
02/28/2001 5.95037410707916   2.91025142523614  
03/31/2001 6.8348554997985   2.94681492043774  
04/30/2001 6.70873676752182   2.95507753634301  
05/31/2001 6.49519380030705   2.94735515085341  
06/30/2001 6.62316783543957   2.98929677062879  
07/31/2001 6.71076176682289   3.03049463891544  
08/31/2001 6.50998425898807   2.99783463202895  
09/30/2001 7.41861800862683   3.34538512033514  
10/31/2001 8.70615523076835   3.50811202527628  
11/30/2001 6.81765816329182   3.1143087844617  
12/31/2001 6.21014368310919   3.08920974701227  
01/31/2002 5.89286230863572   3.05192671026051  
02/28/2002 5.50244168261337   3.09142866939944  
03/31/2002 5.2230700434849   3.06572116988246  
04/30/2002 4.91982091590623   2.93946018349618  
05/31/2002 5.62215768952538   2.95233394415463  
06/30/2002 5.90371031672073   2.99329172692435  
07/31/2002 6.63147354763437   3.37911052029842  
08/31/2002 6.52683651010467   3.71526740579213  
09/30/2002 6.63805299967334   3.75018611807546  
10/31/2002 7.37496079911215   4.63927393752635  
11/30/2002 6.71848802934704   4.13735824720685  
12/31/2002 6.58138167838912   3.51504977973325  
01/31/2003 6.1042887123579   3.6008317889486  
02/28/2003 6.29662598070628   3.55664378996593  
03/31/2003 6.03170446252915   3.56692318005584  
04/30/2003 5.10701592299812   3.58065733646884  
05/31/2003 4.65926353155153   3.35162084074896  
06/30/2003 4.47566585183824   3.24248905217641  
07/31/2003 4.51259015396569   3.03234954878876  
08/31/2003 4.72497007493186   3.00626932126184  
09/30/2003 4.97967971238535   2.98081491715672  
10/31/2003 4.82321686517537   2.93755889404213  
11/30/2003 4.77608795632832   2.85310817323464  
12/31/2003 4.51467928453276   2.6096842608013  
01/31/2004 4.03029588240263   2.50584845765378  
02/29/2004 4.20273622017769   2.45050495529649  
03/31/2004 3.91740711424247   2.38195219076694  
04/30/2004 3.91963700739703   2.33385804691638  
05/28/2004 4.06261763945341   2.40125276014603  
06/25/2004 3.770043862382   2.34405188017961  
07/30/2004 3.84362793338027   2.25514115056385  
08/31/2004 3.69002375710118   2.20174843523389  
09/30/2004 3.6132191586509   2.13629916371444  
10/29/2004 3.42314267259918   2.10181111511617  
11/30/2004 3.25822348403558   2.07276369311587  
12/31/2004 3.20597759869138   2.01421096639184  
01/31/2005 3.25257792381212   1.98007779319212  
02/25/2005 3.14236991707397   1.93754573405074  
03/31/2005 3.04703913863471   1.85071831549634  
04/29/2005 3.29521581578657   1.82632886600368  
05/31/2005 3.12460567509078   1.86077029367427  
06/30/2005 3.0989292840778   1.84082502050528  
07/29/2005 3.03893426657107   1.76522563810955  
08/30/2005 2.97701212387517   1.68452592457589  
09/30/2005 2.95968475602158   1.72581908938116  
10/28/2005 3.00461148758371   1.77175634695531  
11/30/2005 2.89325453111939   1.78389317184715  
12/30/2005 2.8126312452552   1.80844276129604  
01/31/2006 2.82383799143358   1.74509262913098  
02/28/2006 2.78175102015367   1.68153963246369  
03/31/2006 2.73977196409467   1.68006845983146  
04/28/2006 2.7374360091284   1.66051441311656  
05/31/2006 2.67311713249498   1.72787218226183  
06/30/2006 2.67443850599523   1.8352632973603  
07/28/2006 2.69880906374307   1.87550444857827  
08/31/2006 2.74011534139188   1.86821573022612  
09/29/2006 2.73862697147573   1.86028664985925  
10/31/2006 2.69793073232383   1.82781796313336  
11/30/2006 2.70284182597395   1.96649848866957  
12/29/2006 2.72599794125974   1.94127586989883  
01/31/2007 2.6009438606843   1.91399043749182  
02/28/2007 2.5272169246271   1.74093261911432  
03/30/2007 2.4927885532305   1.77072853120909  
04/27/2007 2.46445680735925   1.79786483048767  
05/31/2007 2.41101261501855   1.7854775964612  
06/29/2007 2.69801407467645   2.01031142193302  
07/31/2007 3.47862536221395   2.82408782626828  
08/31/2007 3.5937015877151   2.99739196770473  
09/28/2007 3.34114476544724   2.71172116173131  
10/26/2007 3.28502814719285   2.63790557145956  
11/30/2007 3.85693642989592   3.06270059562676  
12/28/2007 4.15882970451708   2.92911429296445  
01/31/2008 4.97580601761539   3.74354717570948  
02/29/2008 6.07321224924927   4.37609661511741  
03/28/2008 7.20862322105508   4.32482406795875  
04/30/2008 6.34801131263565   3.68216495273447  
05/30/2008 6.37950640066329   3.58771647847705  
06/27/2008 6.39477656025946   3.86289048424729  
07/31/2008 7.17316958878979   4.17916907289259  
08/29/2008 7.65469664955774   4.23328471212778  
09/30/2008 10.607979887877   5.941421105947  
10/31/2008 17.0496957424426   9.27448359334444  
11/28/2008 20.8910378938561   11.0334418958842  
12/31/2008 24.7612246563106   11.4703036462376  
01/30/2009 20.6985407092928   8.74457510422384  
02/27/2009 20.7549427316504   7.85357321044109  
03/31/2009 20.3194044491426   7.79174615240187  
04/30/2009 15.786038192821   5.7679907102825  
05/29/2009 12.3996603533352   5.56070162593438  
06/30/2009 10.2336164578227   4.85609147918706  
07/31/2009 8.49779936832999   4.18603261946884  
08/31/2009 7.80796562290773   4.13370667387195  
09/30/2009 6.96202796956235   4.00687340822193  
10/30/2009 6.36999188965138   4.19524810650038  
11/30/2009 6.70409102583303   4.52667154088844  
12/31/2009 6.02043666937183   3.88209813583743  
01/29/2010 5.67379035809451   3.69984828297773  
02/26/2010 5.7822661128449   3.81346069657269  
03/31/2010 5.27419835045083   3.49925432468838  
04/30/2010 5.0460927826293   3.42850473957399  
05/28/2010 6.10543623024698   3.98869269820655  
06/30/2010 6.42705157683265   4.16663178231691  
07/30/2010 5.98086462113477   4.01401196700854  
08/31/2010 5.98119702611061   4.00699099853277  
09/30/2010 5.61969456662555   3.88035423998445  
10/29/2010 5.22023899583472   3.65819695629145  
11/30/2010 5.61476070096215   3.70954513195812  
12/31/2010 5.28999708060695   3.68691684025719  
01/31/2011 4.80097016558672   3.50604518273776  
02/28/2011 4.81988837128684   3.52192607285771  
03/31/2011 4.85444457487651   3.43637521065588  
04/29/2011 4.89480425026024   3.41062736021962  
05/31/2011 5.04115512498801   3.57179875459206  
06/30/2011 5.3503277520567   3.81206875808854  
07/29/2011 5.42496965934118   3.82019930449133  
08/31/2011 6.75122837180944   5.11095175061018  
09/30/2011 6.84634418450028   4.68831852521755  
10/31/2011 6.05515839539509   4.01878680390856  
11/30/2011 6.53995760069879   4.24431121818214  
12/30/2011 6.33434552748561   4.15559112077351  
01/31/2012 5.70928828158087   3.85459973600913  
02/29/2012 5.33490847175098   3.80114370520161  
03/30/2012 5.37403609249873   3.75743553343684  
04/30/2012 5.38119550782858   3.91407037181226  
05/31/2012 5.86109397101384   4.26256828632616  
06/29/2012 5.79267347095032   4.24860079202893  
07/31/2012 5.87794053904916   4.10026247259039  
08/31/2012 5.69416190819523   4.16761212907391  
09/28/2012 5.5476911767617   3.96244043750308  
10/31/2012 5.49088784138084   3.8331065872443  
11/30/2012 5.60407425671063   3.83601469037822  
12/31/2012 5.49233823127293   3.84047115766707  
01/31/2013 5.28405064001766   3.71937944101957  
02/28/2013 5.32035062291634   3.861849518314  
03/28/2013 5.13598413524542   3.72611153995014  
04/30/2013 5.0383598162799   3.78662384641244  
05/31/2013 4.86938408394411   3.62152863963582  
06/28/2013 4.9769299524155   3.58700717220769  
07/31/2013 4.82136502220599   3.33340038812367  
08/30/2013 4.92173338649918   3.40972662819095  
09/30/2013 4.9932912216694   3.4562389124408  
10/31/2013 4.90185285194628   3.43042130481635  
11/22/2013   4.91637778364698   3.49995576462803
11/29/2013   4.91489145822393   3.51823397177957
12/06/2013   4.89817100430771   3.52459276910555
12/13/2013   4.87633132064758   3.51926546943906
12/20/2013   4.86250334679012   3.46052304917047
12/27/2013   4.83980360603194   3.39837080463852
01/03/2014   4.83926207860685   3.36962879124066
01/10/2014   4.77494501917518   3.34135203327447
01/17/2014   4.73975072568043   3.3524914539517
01/24/2014   4.73646798787304   3.33811266672592
01/31/2014   4.77016827236739   3.37325313687265
02/07/2014   4.76437119002641   3.36645353532583
02/14/2014   4.73872926184662   3.42315964086771
02/21/2014   4.71526742302429   3.43704694172964
02/28/2014   4.70979052611215   3.32352411407987
03/07/2014   4.70453342901222   3.31890602292125
03/14/2014   4.68132546123847   3.32047207715588
03/21/2014   4.64860397499193   3.30609210897079
03/28/2014   4.65233932128799   3.3187880657679
04/04/2014   4.71830446491942   3.37557489583033
04/11/2014   4.69698195730859   3.40917412257506
04/17/2014   4.71840205394015   3.40264500562951
04/25/2014   4.75595087556828   3.45350745879057
05/02/2014   4.73882504563956   3.40738497428832
05/09/2014   4.73296931694963   3.37252531166816
05/16/2014   4.69847111631524   3.38038639083675
05/23/2014   4.706252086923   3.38948227715568
05/30/2014   4.71765350547339   3.38995151133101
06/06/2014   4.6995774433724   3.40024991588999
06/13/2014   4.68582056857851   3.40250785908654
06/20/2014   4.6901188430303   3.38909477375372
06/27/2014   4.68084523433063   3.37139239803294
07/03/2014   4.66633452261199   3.38307288607895
07/11/2014   4.65857597067141   3.41784123114314
07/18/2014   4.6659170994457   3.41566751268603
07/25/2014   4.67109311730194   3.42556658674084
08/01/2014   4.74805780968992   3.49879613949364
08/08/2014   4.76257888201742   3.5583365069534
08/15/2014   4.80261064709441   3.63192707714925
08/22/2014   4.79454545842564   3.60877405954633
08/29/2014   4.75837697480166   3.57570601648156
09/05/2014   4.76726830882043   3.57521551140782
09/12/2014   4.81951602406893   3.62895900793567
09/19/2014   4.82183648754252   3.63256938129911
09/26/2014   4.90198628546893   3.71275918533139
10/03/2014   4.9731622277328   3.75530829164795
10/10/2014   4.98611463225786   3.78239737586072
10/17/2014   5.14012253202681   3.92146477437829
10/24/2014   5.08514834895335   3.8370866843996
10/31/2014   4.99933234616711   3.73780065651997
11/07/2014   5.01100684904652   3.70667733646381
11/14/2014   4.99526248182246   3.69454860804504
11/21/2014   5.00529508118267   3.6769910383602
11/28/2014   5.03232370180273   3.66995726094642
12/05/2014   5.1397457541618   3.69046140810833
12/12/2014   5.40528299362656   3.91427253842378
12/19/2014   5.51980796490439   3.94950852225728
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03/26/2021   4.2337836523724   2.84058371573269
04/02/2021   4.24216976821223   2.84234060257599
04/09/2021   4.16670358393048   2.79128932080083
04/16/2021   4.1595164342912   2.80930099144069
04/23/2021   4.18816945363116   2.77143980588233
04/30/2021   4.18242223783981   2.80354637622791
05/07/2021   4.18601516663148   2.81382373298497
05/14/2021   4.1895074229372   2.83972037729225
05/21/2021   4.16266527942296   2.81553035069414
05/28/2021   4.15102393126615   2.78910792195324
06/04/2021   4.13752526970911   2.81805168365214
06/11/2021   4.11886966406813   2.80114725876029
06/18/2021   4.14724738665526   2.85726846868376
06/25/2021   4.1674497136781   2.8846361124996
07/02/2021   4.16808501027835   2.89567726643191
07/09/2021   4.16252811661521   2.91082062412683
07/16/2021   4.15242194078449   2.85811178156657
07/23/2021   4.16536742244913   2.89548215307277
07/30/2021   4.21450427640906   2.92057529762784
08/06/2021   4.22990260207722   2.92647601377693
08/13/2021   4.22826319962781   3.08834455886038
08/20/2021   4.25221264339828   3.14229208727937
08/27/2021   4.23584489415241   3.11721155795411
09/03/2021   4.21437164838956   3.09462511718466
09/10/2021   4.18491760590191   3.07190748879936
09/17/2021   4.17651346154114   3.06541969655385
09/24/2021   4.17854494895039   3.06011664701043
10/01/2021   4.16983172948045   3.04855196484254
10/08/2021   4.18336936583397   3.04671880550561
10/15/2021   4.19600015243809   3.0466996965445
10/22/2021   4.18919880905461   3.05453607711811
10/29/2021   4.19674264218586   3.05898863205879
11/05/2021   4.17919091492711   3.05336404260009
11/12/2021   4.16570406060587   3.00451614957152
11/19/2021   4.16870972284368   3.00843875709851
11/26/2021   4.21072794923365   3.03842165372046
12/03/2021   4.28560225289367   3.08382558058027
12/10/2021   4.23950778343897   3.03051359434843
12/17/2021   4.22675301254695   3.0710875292918
12/24/2021   4.2198034931944   3.06022985306994
12/31/2021   4.28037633229866   3.08079993720851
01/07/2022   4.20642763486986   3.02483210270173
01/14/2022   4.1758813764982   2.99231002690423
01/21/2022   4.15720830018707   2.98513963099083
01/28/2022   4.23665026444295   3.03127961199681
02/04/2022   4.24434976129994   3.02785863506354
02/11/2022   4.29586119250583   3.05931500352623
02/18/2022   4.38417918616559   3.15982979231888
02/25/2022   4.46171519927789   3.22983846236946
03/04/2022   4.4537746867728   3.24193603990983
03/11/2022   4.77329785913411   3.50053771599677
03/18/2022   4.72174089781076   3.45360981464082
03/25/2022   4.5823469600073   3.33856216149833
04/01/2022   4.4331048380424   3.17536127110806
04/08/2022   4.19868280571032   3.01087177887668
04/15/2022   4.19981310817067   3.04871794483991
04/22/2022   4.21455467588161   3.01962953336435
04/29/2022   4.32392627002777   3.10274658464665
05/06/2022   4.45370498776753   3.23516224867446
05/13/2022   4.94292401350464   3.63349524195021
05/20/2022   5.09464865352738   3.72478381912594
05/27/2022   5.16713692006923   3.71841676120812
06/03/2022   4.96190902249778   3.48545036412118
06/10/2022   4.99038255375087   3.50535567368182
06/17/2022   5.38973078105364   3.83324796891127
06/24/2022   5.49972919392619   3.88932235681221
07/01/2022   5.87024843598552   4.16697621333022
07/08/2022   5.91197235877488   4.1931917061723
07/15/2022   5.84341300636366   4.13883942268278
07/22/2022   5.4138681662434   3.720255810389
07/29/2022   5.3657848919672   3.68371104373575
08/05/2022   5.18497258754535   3.49514018477731
08/12/2022   4.89893499237146   3.29749471391827
08/19/2022   4.98887241789133   3.33027462506864
08/26/2022   5.07694673634835   3.41590090858603
09/02/2022   5.23012890770867   3.47741643573316
09/09/2022   5.20813916105857   3.45706476697873
09/16/2022   5.29260414352571   3.4951882831456
09/23/2022   5.58069895713423   3.59514583215458
09/30/2022   5.95424627704004   3.8044689405769
10/07/2022   5.74787332032119   3.64247625709545
10/14/2022   5.91973992825147   3.6632204178041
10/21/2022   5.91555830600449   3.57145685899135
10/28/2022   5.9393160349981   3.55280821962995
11/04/2022   5.77744999132781   3.4684290570924
11/11/2022   5.65463490200775   3.43584534830288
11/18/2022   5.51877624984427   3.40342637810754
11/25/2022   5.53338512141118   3.41009529146504
12/02/2022   5.48187975284611   3.39905781322169
12/09/2022   5.49547200452299   3.39380985857368
12/16/2022   5.50482737446216   3.36601559915847
12/23/2022   5.45820522247659   3.37067928051912
12/30/2022   5.47131763392736   3.38462776604
01/06/2023   5.32532752746079   3.24028168773051
01/13/2023   5.0935681262709   3.10548972862594
01/20/2023   5.03228265237015   3.11398051722137
01/27/2023   4.91538780153413   3.08770211990513
02/03/2023   4.88783981636924   3.07568037144501
02/10/2023   4.80035578601994   3.08251777170337
02/17/2023   4.87803879409925   3.2642159953622
02/24/2023   5.0024355210421   3.32613083005194
03/03/2023   4.98220101336694   3.31908353110109
03/10/2023   5.02067218864067   3.41226325980725
03/17/2023   5.4284592280188   3.69312459188341
03/24/2023   5.46015865454741   3.41076956816121
03/31/2023   5.16159891946793   3.29848853008191
04/07/2023   5.10177038801146   3.2840999216597
04/14/2023   5.05150348255803   3.25970723977671
04/21/2023   4.97136536961754   3.27240854456264
04/28/2023   4.9648964189216   3.26087304478011
05/05/2023   5.0727824278723   3.31235367463578
05/12/2023   5.12192944492827   3.37095675952783
05/19/2023   5.14241091334059   3.39199445765739
05/26/2023   5.2714715506019   3.44621535151174
06/02/2023   5.25038727865748   3.44261557540231
06/09/2023   5.08601839192266   3.35070698269619
06/16/2023   4.96360494202584   3.29029499365745
06/23/2023   4.97692064563626   3.30342416330775
06/30/2023   4.81836912018537   3.209455621531
07/07/2023   4.72801127303233   3.16413316959267
07/14/2023   4.5892874041397   3.10757318770804
07/21/2023   4.65031936637405   3.12319738642292
07/28/2023   4.65130846202699   3.11844380406022
08/04/2023   4.72433331333539   3.13965908365023
08/11/2023   4.72097852024232   3.13169296626439
08/18/2023   4.7814995714259   3.13032972809667
08/25/2023   4.77112294713473   3.12093251651773
09/01/2023   4.69536558497596   3.1151301188841
09/08/2023   4.62774780915257   3.11556673686872
09/15/2023   4.49944612308881   3.07473169331102
09/22/2023   4.4967756645971   3.08696070338685
09/29/2023   4.60099862594902   3.13128052544342

Note: The data show secondary-market discounted spreads to maturity. Spreads are the constant spread used to equate discounted loan cash flows to the current market price. B-rated spreads begin in July 1997. The dashed blacked line represents the data transitioning from monthly to weekly in November 2013.

Source: PitchBook Data, Leveraged Commentary & Data.

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Figure 1.11. Treasury market depth remained below historical norms

This is a line chart titled “Treasury market depth remained below historical norms.” The x-axis measures time and ranges from January 2019 to October 2023. The data are 5-day moving average, and there are three variables plotted on the chart. The first line is labeled "5-year" and is designated by a black line. This line corresponds to the values on the right y-axis, which ranges from 0 to 350 in millions of dollars. It begins at around 160 million in 2019 and rises steadily, with local peaks in February of 2019 and October 2020. The peaks are between 260 and 285 million. In March of 2020, the series reaches its lowest value at 15 million. After the October 2020 peak there is some volatility within an overall downward trend. By March of 2022, the value is down to 40 million. Since the beginning of 2022, there has been a slight uptick in the series, with the final value finishing just over 50 million in October of 2023. The second line is labeled "10-year" and is designated by a red line. This line corresponds to the values on the right y-axis, which ranges from 0 to 350 in millions of dollars. It begins at just over 100 million dollars in 2019, rises to around 250 million by February of 2020. The series declines to around 75 million by August of 2019 and then upticks to 140 million in early 2020. There is a sharp decrease down to around 12 million in March of 2020. Following this sharp decline is an overall increase until June 2021 at a value of around 150 million. From this point there is a decreasing trend in the series until it finishes at a value around 80 million in October 2023. The third series is labeled “30-year” and is designated by a blue line. The line corresponds to values on the left y-axis, which ranges from 0 to 35 in millions of dollars. The line starts around 15 million in January 2019 before a quick increase to around 28 million in the middle of 2019. There is a sharp decline to just below 10 million in October of 2019 before a quick rise and then an even sharper decline to under 5 million in March 2020. From there, the series rises to over 20 million in April 2021, before gradually declining to around 10 million in the middle of 2023. The series ends with an uptick to a value of 15 million in October of 2023.

Note: Market depth is defined as the average top 3 bid and ask quote sizes for on-the-run Treasury securities.

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Figure 1.12. On-the-run market depth improved in recent months but remained below historical norms

This is a line chart titled “On-the-run market depth improved in recent months but remains below historical norms.” The x-axis measures time and ranges from September 2019 to October 2023. The data are 5-day moving average, and there are two variables plotted on the chart. The first line is labeled "2-year OTR market depth" and is designated by a black line. This line corresponds to the values on the right y-axis, which ranges from 0 to 300 in millions of dollars. It begins at around 50 million in October 2019 and rises steadily, peaking in February of 2021 at around 280 million dollars. There is a sharp decrease and quick rebound back to around 275 million in July of 2021. The series has two quick decreases to around 50 million in January of 2022. Since then, there is a gradual decrease to around 30 million where the series has remained steady, and has a final value around 30 million as of October 2023. The second line is labeled "10-year OTR market depth" and is designated by a blue line. This line corresponds to the values on the left y-axis, which ranges from 0 to 60 in millions of dollars. It begins at just below 60 million dollars in 2019, rises to around 50 million by February of 2020. The series declines to around 7.5 million by April of 2020 and then upticks to 55 million in late 2020. There is a gradual decrease down to around 40 million in July of 2021. Following this decline is an overall steady period with a gradual decline to just over 10 million in March of 2023. From this point there is an increasing trend in the series until it finishes at a value around 25 million in October 2023.

Note: The data show the time-weighted average market depth at the best quoted prices to buy and sell, for 2-year and 10-year Treasury notes. OTR is on-the-run.

Source: BrokerTec; Federal Reserve Board staff calculations.

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Figure 1.13. A measure of liquidity in equity markets remained below average

Market depth (number of contracts)
5-day moving average

Date Close Depth
09/03/2019 90.2703703703704
09/04/2019 101.676543209877
09/05/2019 109.595061728395
09/06/2019 112.127160493827
09/09/2019 123.924691358025
09/10/2019 132.402469135803
09/11/2019 141.145679012346
09/12/2019 134.882716049383
09/13/2019 129.561728395062
09/16/2019 115.028395061728
09/17/2019 112.63950617284
09/18/2019 102.158024691358
09/19/2019 110.883950617284
09/20/2019 117.546913580247
09/23/2019 124.944444444444
09/24/2019 120.30987654321
09/25/2019 115.179012345679
09/26/2019 107.79012345679
09/27/2019 100.898765432099
09/30/2019 101.441975308642
10/01/2019 102.645679012346
10/02/2019 100.859259259259
10/03/2019 94.4888888888889
10/04/2019 99.4592592592593
10/07/2019 91.3654320987654
10/08/2019 87.6123456790123
10/09/2019 86.0987654320988
10/10/2019 86.3172839506173
10/11/2019 76.0172839506173
10/14/2019 76.3950617283951
10/15/2019 88.4641975308642
10/16/2019 96.7604938271605
10/17/2019 105.075308641975
10/18/2019 115.972839506173
10/21/2019 129.074074074074
10/22/2019 129.427160493827
10/23/2019 133.48024691358
10/24/2019 135.892592592593
10/25/2019 145.453086419753
10/28/2019 148.365432098765
10/29/2019 153.345679012346
10/30/2019 149.092592592593
10/31/2019 150.186419753086
11/01/2019 150.543209876543
11/04/2019 155.696296296296
11/05/2019 157.051851851852
11/06/2019 159.553086419753
11/07/2019 165.686419753086
11/08/2019 165.948148148148
11/11/2019 166.386419753086
11/12/2019 166.351851851852
11/13/2019 172.292592592593
11/14/2019 175.846913580247
11/15/2019 191.12962962963
11/18/2019 192.03950617284
11/19/2019 192.807407407407
11/20/2019 187.666666666667
11/21/2019 182.460493827161
11/22/2019 165.228395061728
11/25/2019 174.98024691358
11/26/2019 181.564197530864
11/27/2019 195.092592592593
11/29/2019 201.571926999463
12/02/2019 199.460815888352
12/03/2019 178.416371443908
12/04/2019 174.55834675255
12/05/2019 164.964519592056
12/06/2019 177.88024691358
12/09/2019 193.592592592593
12/10/2019 202.901234567901
12/11/2019 202.986419753086
12/12/2019 194.093827160494
12/13/2019 161.122222222222
12/16/2019 161.424691358025
12/17/2019 166.140740740741
12/18/2019 169.72962962963
12/19/2019 195.393827160494
12/20/2019 222.816049382716
12/23/2019 219.769135802469
12/24/2019 208.280032206119
12/26/2019 207.813365539453
12/27/2019 193.417069243156
12/30/2019 181.334353193774
12/31/2019 171.05040257649
01/02/2020 178.895061728395
01/03/2020 165.234567901235
01/06/2020 163.427160493827
01/07/2020 160.998765432099
01/08/2020 156.916049382716
01/09/2020 151.543209876543
01/10/2020 159.755555555556
01/13/2020 160.416049382716
01/14/2020 162.771604938272
01/15/2020 166.533333333333
01/16/2020 177.144444444444
01/17/2020 183.661728395062
01/21/2020 188.002469135802
01/22/2020 196.26049382716
01/23/2020 199.667901234568
01/24/2020 183.407407407407
01/27/2020 165.316049382716
01/28/2020 158.837037037037
01/29/2020 147.274074074074
01/30/2020 131.897530864198
01/31/2020 128.911111111111
02/03/2020 130.41975308642
02/04/2020 130.497530864198
02/05/2020 126.514814814815
02/06/2020 134.933333333333
02/07/2020 134.6
02/10/2020 141.924691358025
02/11/2020 142.548148148148
02/12/2020 152.156790123457
02/13/2020 152.767901234568
02/14/2020 160.204938271605
02/18/2020 162.344444444444
02/19/2020 170.186419753086
02/20/2020 161.275308641975
02/21/2020 153
02/24/2020 135.258024691358
02/25/2020 108.738271604938
02/26/2020 75.7037037037037
02/27/2020 54.2061728395062
02/28/2020 35.2814814814815
03/02/2020 24.8111111111111
03/03/2020 19.4037037037037
03/04/2020 18.3691358024691
03/05/2020 18.4074074074074
03/06/2020 18.7259259259259
03/09/2020 22.0038461538462
03/10/2020 21.6840930674264
03/11/2020 18.9273029439696
03/12/2020 16.2573124406458
03/13/2020 14.7659544159544
03/16/2020 9.21851851851852
03/17/2020 8.31358024691358
03/18/2020 7.48307548054383
03/19/2020 7.26541166288002
03/20/2020 7.1147943789294
03/23/2020 7.49542115955618
03/24/2020 8.60529770276606
03/25/2020 11.3135802469136
03/26/2020 11.5641975308642
03/27/2020 12.3246913580247
03/30/2020 12.9938271604938
03/31/2020 13.9037037037037
04/01/2020 13.5271604938272
04/02/2020 14.6469135802469
04/03/2020 16.5864197530864
04/06/2020 20.1345679012346
04/07/2020 20.2234567901235
04/08/2020 20.8296296296296
04/09/2020 22.3641975308642
04/13/2020 22.7197530864198
04/14/2020 23.2382716049383
04/15/2020 26.0913580246914
04/16/2020 27.1975308641975
04/17/2020 30.2555555555556
04/20/2020 32.4185185185185
04/21/2020 31.2
04/22/2020 32.1061728395062
04/23/2020 32.8086419753087
04/24/2020 33.0012345679012
04/27/2020 37.2061728395062
04/28/2020 39.8641975308642
04/29/2020 41.4987654320988
04/30/2020 42.4333333333333
05/01/2020 43.7851851851852
05/04/2020 42.1888888888889
05/05/2020 46.5358024691358
05/06/2020 46.4913580246914
05/07/2020 50.2728395061729
05/08/2020 55.8777777777778
05/11/2020 60.7888888888889
05/12/2020 60.9
05/13/2020 60.7407407407407
05/14/2020 57.7456790123457
05/15/2020 50.3604938271605
05/18/2020 50.5024691358025
05/19/2020 47.7716049382716
05/20/2020 52.1753086419753
05/21/2020 55.4345679012346
05/22/2020 60.958024691358
05/26/2020 62.4901234567901
05/27/2020 63.7641975308642
05/28/2020 63.0617283950617
05/29/2020 59.5283950617284
06/01/2020 61.5901234567901
06/02/2020 62.4851851851852
06/03/2020 71.1049382716049
06/04/2020 74.237037037037
06/05/2020 82.0395061728395
06/08/2020 84.0567901234568
06/09/2020 82.1197530864198
06/10/2020 71.6530864197531
06/11/2020 63.0851851851852
06/12/2020 51.0222222222222
06/15/2020 39.1864197530864
06/16/2020 28.3123456790123
06/17/2020 26.9506172839506
06/18/2020 28.0382716049383
06/19/2020 32.6765432098766
06/22/2020 39.0333333333333
06/23/2020 46.5395061728395
06/24/2020 46.537037037037
06/25/2020 46.3197530864198
06/26/2020 44.9320987654321
06/29/2020 42.5962962962963
06/30/2020 41.8617283950617
07/01/2020 43.9641975308642
07/02/2020 47.562962962963
07/06/2020 53.058024691358
07/07/2020 57.7925925925926
07/08/2020 59.420987654321
07/09/2020 59.4358024691358
07/10/2020 57.9345679012346
07/13/2020 59.0592592592593
07/14/2020 51.3530864197531
07/15/2020 47.6592592592593
07/16/2020 48.4382716049383
07/17/2020 54.6469135802469
07/20/2020 59.9037037037037
07/21/2020 67.2641975308642
07/22/2020 74.4666666666667
07/23/2020 74.1703703703704
07/24/2020 70.9654320987654
07/27/2020 73.3432098765432
07/28/2020 75.9901234567901
07/29/2020 81.3172839506173
07/30/2020 84.2740740740741
07/31/2020 87.7740740740741
08/03/2020 83.0864197530864
08/04/2020 82.9876543209877
08/05/2020 82.1222222222222
08/06/2020 89.7012345679013
08/07/2020 89.3037037037037
08/10/2020 89.5604938271605
08/11/2020 91.6765432098765
08/12/2020 89.4765432098766
08/13/2020 86.5876543209877
08/14/2020 85.6938271604938
08/17/2020 90.7432098765432
08/18/2020 93.6160493827161
08/19/2020 99.820987654321
08/20/2020 102.037037037037
08/21/2020 104.198765432099
08/24/2020 102.464197530864
08/25/2020 98.7148148148148
08/26/2020 102.730864197531
08/27/2020 96.0123456790124
08/28/2020 98.3876543209877
08/31/2020 96.5493827160494
09/01/2020 98.4407407407407
09/02/2020 86.7481481481481
09/03/2020 79.7271604938272
09/04/2020 65.2456790123457
09/08/2020 51.504938271605
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11/04/2022 31.4703703703704
11/07/2022 31.8049382716049
11/08/2022 32.9283950617284
11/09/2022 32.7246913580247
11/10/2022 34.1777777777778
11/11/2022 36.3901234567901
11/14/2022 36.5160493827161
11/15/2022 33.5456790123457
11/16/2022 32.9296296296296
11/17/2022 33.041975308642
11/18/2022 32.6617283950617
11/21/2022 33.5901234567901
11/22/2022 38.2456790123457
11/23/2022 41.1654320987654
11/25/2022 42.6273483628556
11/28/2022 47.4680891035964
11/29/2022 49.6051261406334
11/30/2022 49.2075952764359
12/01/2022 46.8693236714976
12/02/2022 47.7123456790123
12/05/2022 45.7358024691358
12/06/2022 44.5864197530864
12/07/2022 42.2691358024691
12/08/2022 46.4938271604938
12/09/2022 42.6679012345679
12/12/2022 43.6740740740741
12/13/2022 38.2740740740741
12/14/2022 36.6432098765432
12/15/2022 33.0172839506173
12/16/2022 34.8567901234568
12/19/2022 33.8037037037037
12/20/2022 38.1851851851852
12/21/2022 44.0308641975309
12/22/2022 46.2827160493827
12/23/2022 45.0765432098765
12/27/2022 42.3913580246914
12/28/2022 41.3691358024691
12/29/2022 40.8679012345679
12/30/2022 38.7777777777778
01/03/2023 37.9654320987654
01/04/2023 38.8851851851852
01/05/2023 38.9802469135802
01/06/2023 38.5691358024691
01/09/2023 42.7469135802469
01/10/2023 45.3024691358025
01/11/2023 50.9283950617284
01/12/2023 50.7950617283951
01/13/2023 51.7481481481482
01/17/2023 50.5246913580247
01/18/2023 53.358024691358
01/19/2023 50.9901234567901
01/20/2023 55.7938271604938
01/23/2023 56.204938271605
01/24/2023 55.5728395061728
01/25/2023 53.1432098765432
01/26/2023 52.0506172839506
01/27/2023 52.5111111111111
01/30/2023 51.9691358024691
01/31/2023 55.758024691358
02/01/2023 55.0530864197531
02/02/2023 54.7592592592593
02/03/2023 49.0506172839506
02/06/2023 46.9814814814815
02/07/2023 41.4358024691358
02/08/2023 43.0851851851852
02/09/2023 44.2691358024691
02/10/2023 46.6975308641975
02/13/2023 50.2950617283951
02/14/2023 49.5827160493827
02/15/2023 49.9518518518519
02/16/2023 49.9074074074074
02/17/2023 53.3592592592593
02/21/2023 54.7456790123457
02/22/2023 58.3234567901235
02/23/2023 61.2234567901235
02/24/2023 63.3950617283951
02/27/2023 63.8086419753086
02/28/2023 64.1913580246914
03/01/2023 67.1679012345679
03/02/2023 69.0283950617284
03/03/2023 72.0827160493827
03/06/2023 73.0049382716049
03/07/2023 70.8925925925926
03/08/2023 69.3049382716049
03/09/2023 67.7925925925926
03/10/2023 56.9814814814815
03/13/2023 45.1012345679012
03/14/2023 40.4543209876543
03/15/2023 32.0518518518519
03/16/2023 25.6148148148148
03/17/2023 27.3432098765432
03/20/2023 31.1481481481481
03/21/2023 34.5962962962963
03/22/2023 39.141975308642
03/23/2023 41.3506172839506
03/24/2023 42.2518518518519
03/27/2023 43.662962962963
03/28/2023 44.7481481481482
03/29/2023 49.5296296296296
03/30/2023 53.3197530864198
03/31/2023 64.3753086419753
04/03/2023 72.0728395061729
04/04/2023 73.3938271604938
04/05/2023 76.0185185185185
04/06/2023 78.7617283950617
04/10/2023 74.6234567901235
04/11/2023 76.4160493827161
04/12/2023 74.2592592592593
04/13/2023 74.8617283950617
04/14/2023 73.0493827160494
04/17/2023 71.4962962962963
04/18/2023 67.9938271604938
04/19/2023 72.5407407407408
04/20/2023 71.5
04/21/2023 72.7185185185185
04/24/2023 76.9679012345679
04/25/2023 78.279012345679
04/26/2023 77.3308641975309
04/27/2023 81.4197530864198
04/28/2023 78.4358024691358
05/01/2023 75.562962962963
05/02/2023 73.5493827160494
05/03/2023 69.0962962962963
05/04/2023 59.2691358024691
05/05/2023 61.6086419753086
05/08/2023 60.7493827160494
05/09/2023 61.4246913580247
05/10/2023 61.2395061728395
05/11/2023 62.5950617283951
05/12/2023 61.0395061728395
05/15/2023 62.3024691358025
05/16/2023 61.9432098765432
05/17/2023 66.6148148148148
05/18/2023 67.1753086419753
05/19/2023 65.6259259259259
05/22/2023 62.7691358024691
05/23/2023 62.8641975308642
05/24/2023 59.9271604938272
05/25/2023 58.4382716049383
05/26/2023 60.1493827160494
05/30/2023 60.1098765432099
05/31/2023 60.3407407407407
06/01/2023 62.7358024691358
06/02/2023 67.3432098765432
06/05/2023 67.2024691358025
06/06/2023 69.0913580246914
06/07/2023 68.4555555555556
06/08/2023 70.9148148148148
06/09/2023 68.2802469135802
06/12/2023 68.6555555555556
06/13/2023 67.3259259259259
06/14/2023 65.5098765432099
06/15/2023 59.9481481481482
06/16/2023 58.0432098765432
06/20/2023 56.1777777777778
06/21/2023 53.8518518518519
06/22/2023 53.0382716049383
06/23/2023 53.8222222222222
06/26/2023 56.2666666666667
06/27/2023 61.4259259259259
06/28/2023 64.8
06/29/2023 69.7074074074074
06/30/2023 77.1703703703704
07/03/2023 81.4150026838433
07/05/2023 80.9298174986581
07/06/2023 87.4508051529791
07/07/2023 91.3495705850778
07/10/2023 86.7273483628556
07/11/2023 86.6530864197531
07/12/2023 86.9333333333333
07/13/2023 85.0851851851852
07/14/2023 80.3283950617284
07/17/2023 82.3234567901235
07/18/2023 83.9197530864198
07/19/2023 82.4506172839506
07/20/2023 78.6246913580247
07/21/2023 78.5506172839506
07/24/2023 76.8098765432099
07/25/2023 79.1666666666667
07/26/2023 77.8506172839506
07/27/2023 78.1506172839506
07/28/2023 78.1074074074074
07/31/2023 77.6197530864198
08/01/2023 72.5938271604938
08/02/2023 75.4259259259259
08/03/2023 76.2728395061729
08/04/2023 76.6320987654321
08/07/2023 78.7654320987654
08/08/2023 77.8358024691358
08/09/2023 77.2222222222222
08/10/2023 70.6
08/11/2023 66.4
08/14/2023 61.6679012345679
08/15/2023 57.3864197530864
08/16/2023 51.9592592592593
08/17/2023 55.1296296296296
08/18/2023 53.8691358024691
08/21/2023 53.8654320987654
08/22/2023 53.9345679012346
08/23/2023 55.6061728395062
08/24/2023 54.4111111111111
08/25/2023 52.2543209876543
08/28/2023 49.5938271604938
08/29/2023 51.1518518518519
08/30/2023 51.2246913580247
08/31/2023 53.8074074074074
09/01/2023 58.1074074074074
09/05/2023 64.2925925925926
09/06/2023 67.7024691358025
09/07/2023 70.8123456790124
09/08/2023 70.7864197530864
09/11/2023 72.0469135802469
09/12/2023 69.2950617283951
09/13/2023 68.6851851851852
09/14/2023 70.0296296296296
09/15/2023 70.2851851851852
09/18/2023 72.9604938271605
09/19/2023 76.2172839506173
09/20/2023 73.9703703703704
09/21/2023 70.9271604938272
09/22/2023 70.6765432098765
09/25/2023 67.2098765432099
09/26/2023 64.8506172839506
09/27/2023 63.4567901234568
09/28/2023 61.2555555555556
09/29/2023 57.1382716049383
10/02/2023 53.0518518518519

Note: The data show the depth at the best quoted prices to buy and sell, defined as the ask size plus the bid size divided by 2, for E-mini S&P 500 futures.

Source: Refinitiv, DataScope Tick History; Federal Reserve Board staff calculations.

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Figure 1.14. Commercial real estate prices, adjusted for inflation, continued to decline

Jan. 2001 = 100

Date Equal-weighted
Dec. 2000 100.122645411204
Jan. 2001 100
Feb. 2001 100.00877416829
Mar. 2001 100.085571483705
Apr. 2001 99.8782842688122
May. 2001 99.5025327593243
Jun. 2001 99.2974380727089
Jul. 2001 99.4560284165127
Aug. 2001 99.2811683917406
Sep. 2001 98.643303877337
Oct. 2001 98.7880763489875
Nov. 2001 98.767318111502
Dec. 2001 98.9808449503947
Jan. 2002 98.611161328505
Feb. 2002 98.1478361949096
Mar. 2002 97.6165037874528
Apr. 2002 97.1845000945103
May. 2002 97.411593279175
Jun. 2002 97.727480284999
Jul. 2002 98.136685343185
Aug. 2002 98.4483670451771
Sep. 2002 98.9955896137934
Oct. 2002 99.5643473870692
Nov. 2002 100.296546046524
Dec. 2002 101.250802972362
Jan. 2003 101.535818336817
Feb. 2003 101.455405873747
Mar. 2003 101.470300207057
Apr. 2003 102.250540159532
May. 2003 102.944260718847
Jun. 2003 103.354318399002
Jul. 2003 103.780033570344
Aug. 2003 103.96222936519
Sep. 2003 104.216375760226
Oct. 2003 104.889064444432
Nov. 2003 105.636002175164
Dec. 2003 106.12554030655
Jan. 2004 105.992254752574
Feb. 2004 105.939550959137
Mar. 2004 105.989237085901
Apr. 2004 106.574344787255
May. 2004 107.016282732392
Jun. 2004 107.859845214692
Jul. 2004 109.333205264617
Aug. 2004 110.656525816544
Sep. 2004 111.801388597251
Oct. 2004 112.498367226323
Nov. 2004 113.654722416542
Dec. 2004 115.265975073926
Jan. 2005 116.248038362183
Feb. 2005 116.785278625638
Mar. 2005 117.075698084767
Apr. 2005 117.548520379624
May. 2005 119.051510648848
Jun. 2005 120.47536242299
Jul. 2005 121.460509687224
Aug. 2005 122.399305218876
Sep. 2005 122.434865140147
Oct. 2005 123.56154923529
Nov. 2005 125.706852576711
Dec. 2005 127.159834181955
Jan. 2006 127.025221908305
Feb. 2006 127.582606274435
Mar. 2006 127.642164858911
Apr. 2006 127.179178984382
May. 2006 127.03601853647
Jun. 2006 127.208905703893
Jul. 2006 127.231781279654
Aug. 2006 127.349494653574
Sep. 2006 128.328303954099
Oct. 2006 129.408367667245
Nov. 2006 130.07528249859
Dec. 2006 130.465289257706
Jan. 2007 130.859705536311
Feb. 2007 131.158525785659
Mar. 2007 131.154816859438
Apr. 2007 131.557893026097
May. 2007 131.972880758251
Jun. 2007 132.764149145487
Jul. 2007 133.443311645109
Aug. 2007 133.76186729552
Sep. 2007 132.794235103386
Oct. 2007 131.473111996047
Nov. 2007 129.452079522258
Dec. 2007 128.338690439594
Jan. 2008 126.644229776295
Feb. 2008 125.366130417114
Mar. 2008 123.449972267077
Apr. 2008 121.825843679083
May. 2008 119.783854642922
Jun. 2008 117.404615849291
Jul. 2008 115.480913921754
Aug. 2008 114.523158851484
Sep. 2008 113.096569302546
Oct. 2008 112.409479085653
Nov. 2008 112.485216203143
Dec. 2008 111.346177493393
Jan. 2009 108.472721433752
Feb. 2009 105.513850747623
Mar. 2009 102.84383847761
Apr. 2009 100.187652445545
May. 2009 97.5588533300711
Jun. 2009 94.5148903552916
Jul. 2009 92.6258724708187
Aug. 2009 90.6245591576681
Sep. 2009 89.0452073867612
Oct. 2009 87.7000509126643
Nov. 2009 86.6065416403292
Dec. 2009 85.909057663628
Jan. 2010 84.932633449946
Feb. 2010 84.3812667106645
Mar. 2010 83.6559477916756
Apr. 2010 83.2561659261991
May. 2010 83.0636342678198
Jun. 2010 83.1323063409573
Jul. 2010 83.2184089238512
Aug. 2010 83.3114093817499
Sep. 2010 83.5568035091817
Oct. 2010 83.790952212741
Nov. 2010 84.0817925346985
Dec. 2010 84.2195071344857
Jan. 2011 84.03666105253
Feb. 2011 83.7875384470337
Mar. 2011 83.1266870749633
Apr. 2011 82.7926435906129
May. 2011 82.7106565331287
Jun. 2011 83.2163534077695
Jul. 2011 83.6915081924661
Aug. 2011 84.0941981018352
Sep. 2011 84.6337561099046
Oct. 2011 85.410316297393
Nov. 2011 85.9677599596536
Dec. 2011 86.5608515244018
Jan. 2012 86.4958125626402
Feb. 2012 86.3992625718936
Mar. 2012 86.0130303974633
Apr. 2012 86.0117887173603
May. 2012 86.3904389012354
Jun. 2012 86.8456959842301
Jul. 2012 87.3790348769842
Aug. 2012 87.3709997766727
Sep. 2012 87.5564893451398
Oct. 2012 88.2499482290514
Nov. 2012 89.3528032205167
Dec. 2012 90.2371372218314
Jan. 2013 90.5601971539701
Feb. 2013 90.3786657441441
Mar. 2013 90.6975358984698
Apr. 2013 91.3872827154668
May. 2013 91.9037635611226
Jun. 2013 92.4479951123862
Jul. 2013 93.2222903023323
Aug. 2013 93.9448407485587
Sep. 2013 94.6718877965004
Oct. 2013 95.7536528441434
Nov. 2013 96.7640915032473
Dec. 2013 97.5716745223895
Jan. 2014 98.0079353614967
Feb. 2014 98.4442613426465
Mar. 2014 98.6008580812406
Apr. 2014 99.0735359160785
May. 2014 99.5534711570608
Jun. 2014 100.219406947673
Jul. 2014 101.107543880737
Aug. 2014 102.118484558042
Sep. 2014 102.886829166576
Oct. 2014 104.032461558379
Nov. 2014 105.543735894719
Dec. 2014 107.149110959029
Jan. 2015 108.657672529263
Feb. 2015 109.113410268524
Mar. 2015 109.288175715011
Apr. 2015 109.808634273225
May. 2015 109.925651190017
Jun. 2015 110.154671979236
Jul. 2015 110.710195455859
Aug. 2015 111.416415479154
Sep. 2015 112.129486115338
Oct. 2015 112.714516022
Nov. 2015 113.459838775407
Dec. 2015 114.326703273702
Jan. 2016 114.577309939311
Feb. 2016 114.942935292367
Mar. 2016 114.988519632032
Apr. 2016 115.10071039593
May. 2016 115.394763634262
Jun. 2016 115.824190887239
Jul. 2016 116.813947373877
Aug. 2016 117.447465312864
Sep. 2016 117.813022719958
Oct. 2016 118.188738520331
Nov. 2016 118.77587654958
Dec. 2016 119.039181289639
Jan. 2017 118.619516287373
Feb. 2017 118.546967263739
Mar. 2017 118.868231813054
Apr. 2017 119.106802458627
May. 2017 119.734341091882
Jun. 2017 120.413155928424
Jul. 2017 121.280609939809
Aug. 2017 121.681273758909
Sep. 2017 121.76624328087
Oct. 2017 122.483661517564
Nov. 2017 123.012499400247
Dec. 2017 123.553115059566
Jan. 2018 123.378294148229
Feb. 2018 123.437047620799
Mar. 2018 123.909835890907
Apr. 2018 124.259420217823
May. 2018 124.596199612084
Jun. 2018 125.230761229306
Jul. 2018 126.007773199913
Aug. 2018 126.637281900704
Sep. 2018 127.031914196038
Oct. 2018 127.167740855394
Nov. 2018 127.830032220514
Dec. 2018 128.423293162164
Jan. 2019 128.44964844651
Feb. 2019 128.33129775715
Mar. 2019 128.249806019137
Apr. 2019 128.397147995681
May. 2019 129.096339803968
Jun. 2019 130.10287479962
Jul. 2019 130.865352425745
Aug. 2019 131.70743909528
Sep. 2019 132.269291359558
Oct. 2019 132.501197027874
Nov. 2019 133.032063991268
Dec. 2019 133.602324155646
Jan. 2020 133.503109059092
Feb. 2020 133.443688984535
Mar. 2020 133.781181760441
Apr. 2020 134.448366619117
May. 2020 134.105088384482
Jun. 2020 133.221457773773
Jul. 2020 132.87386388746
Aug. 2020 133.367121872866
Sep. 2020 134.574872196016
Oct. 2020 136.10720642133
Nov. 2020 137.742241226577
Dec. 2020 138.999613562277
Jan. 2021 139.674772422761
Feb. 2021 140.054370977376
Mar. 2021 140.301875813024
Apr. 2021 140.584825848447
May. 2021 141.214416872485
Jun. 2021 142.036449238693
Jul. 2021 143.917108754576
Aug. 2021 146.525503435683
Sep. 2021 149.095776606807
Oct. 2021 150.675817864229
Nov. 2021 152.466566076027
Dec. 2021 154.048083174032
Jan. 2022 153.973386750475
Feb. 2022 153.123074451531
Mar. 2022 151.447616868458
Apr. 2022 151.35535033211
May. 2022 150.819929453444
Jun. 2022 149.78251645078
Jul. 2022 150.132926933423
Aug. 2022 149.655988053152
Sep. 2022 148.062888133699
Oct. 2022 145.706432457798
Nov. 2022 143.663459274034
Dec. 2022 141.697268678747
Jan. 2023 138.283506978698
Feb. 2023 135.693827069218
Mar. 2023 133.995498419001
Apr. 2023 132.500041797308
May. 2023 131.650726229309
Jun. 2023 130.957400001806
Jul. 2023 130.63927220084
Aug. 2023 130.018800691266

Note: The data are deflated using the consumer price index.

Source: Real Capital Analytics; consumer price index, Bureau of Labor Statistics via Haver Analytics.

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Figure 1.15. Income of commercial properties relative to prices continued to grow but remained well below historical norms
Date Percent
Jan. 2001 8.42584357863012
Feb. 2001 8.42781520052805
Mar. 2001 8.45107488070957
Apr. 2001 8.40410730346602
May. 2001 8.44598470367778
Jun. 2001 8.43443116623516
Jul. 2001 8.46440192410627
Aug. 2001 8.49047340854757
Sep. 2001 8.52733545888773
Oct. 2001 8.51799479086562
Nov. 2001 8.54194783930933
Dec. 2001 8.60114744689785
Jan. 2002 8.62400970060083
Feb. 2002 8.64137740124293
Mar. 2002 8.66879431048255
Apr. 2002 8.72443700342998
May. 2002 8.67116128768718
Jun. 2002 8.68157821142445
Jul. 2002 8.64184386696401
Aug. 2002 8.58982821139849
Sep. 2002 8.48260787357227
Oct. 2002 8.43809405610541
Nov. 2002 8.40554338196643
Dec. 2002 8.3471553592314
Jan. 2003 8.30715710612207
Feb. 2003 8.28322727474802
Mar. 2003 8.27356465297779
Apr. 2003 8.24578617873165
May. 2003 8.2395341443864
Jun. 2003 8.17967300138605
Jul. 2003 8.16027596059691
Aug. 2003 8.13098768999149
Sep. 2003 8.11598002420057
Oct. 2003 8.10056671563384
Nov. 2003 8.06997997892312
Dec. 2003 8.02691910079522
Jan. 2004 7.99271438239234
Feb. 2004 7.9451084999485
Mar. 2004 7.898685159487
Apr. 2004 7.86078290336254
May. 2004 7.8277375514013
Jun. 2004 7.80676822185659
Jul. 2004 7.76233550634321
Aug. 2004 7.7284870331537
Sep. 2004 7.6550928507341
Oct. 2004 7.60577125803015
Nov. 2004 7.55213085777665
Dec. 2004 7.45094502902075
Jan. 2005 7.41659678044071
Feb. 2005 7.37595397822686
Mar. 2005 7.32358847445548
Apr. 2005 7.25143947984576
May. 2005 7.20465076834108
Jun. 2005 7.13372138256722
Jul. 2005 7.08779184130356
Aug. 2005 7.04124409584114
Sep. 2005 6.99891680849711
Oct. 2005 6.93588917870697
Nov. 2005 6.89820295091301
Dec. 2005 6.87459870952278
Jan. 2006 6.81610787003842
Feb. 2006 6.78439496426369
Mar. 2006 6.74058293384808
Apr. 2006 6.71439165575481
May. 2006 6.68467464740217
Jun. 2006 6.65548344741223
Jul. 2006 6.62453741134636
Aug. 2006 6.59855721680953
Sep. 2006 6.56329141807013
Oct. 2006 6.56844891152357
Nov. 2006 6.56577034522139
Dec. 2006 6.55914230032628
Jan. 2007 6.53838318028966
Feb. 2007 6.52598322532537
Mar. 2007 6.52321332196099
Apr. 2007 6.49560903001039
May. 2007 6.46478687054059
Jun. 2007 6.45319996579402
Jul. 2007 6.44616140147657
Aug. 2007 6.44381193731585
Sep. 2007 6.44307439950393
Oct. 2007 6.44664046122694
Nov. 2007 6.43576555196738
Dec. 2007 6.41815009027502
Jan. 2008 6.42890591456606
Feb. 2008 6.45340891170436
Mar. 2008 6.46698148705782
Apr. 2008 6.51033055664904
May. 2008 6.55819129021592
Jun. 2008 6.60569969480499
Jul. 2008 6.63675939992215
Aug. 2008 6.69356499943978
Sep. 2008 6.74538876382535
Oct. 2008 6.74012544590081
Nov. 2008 6.78678016012706
Dec. 2008 6.8323574497783
Jan. 2009 6.89321127121927
Feb. 2009 6.88458603568105
Mar. 2009 6.93277315492913
Apr. 2009 6.9434142409514
May. 2009 6.98968637370023
Jun. 2009 7.07758203814438
Jul. 2009 7.19229098155824
Aug. 2009 7.2551977588627
Sep. 2009 7.34815016283176
Oct. 2009 7.43476530490305
Nov. 2009 7.46726990080005
Dec. 2009 7.53458577857887
Jan. 2010 7.53535388284773
Feb. 2010 7.57064282921726
Mar. 2010 7.60501325396685
Apr. 2010 7.68501578112775
May. 2010 7.68513363878034
Jun. 2010 7.67507072014824
Jul. 2010 7.63122825810434
Aug. 2010 7.65948063678111
Sep. 2010 7.62322747711913
Oct. 2010 7.59882251144498
Nov. 2010 7.57048501845777
Dec. 2010 7.50046297121652
Jan. 2011 7.50478864979292
Feb. 2011 7.47221919234744
Mar. 2011 7.42012825702305
Apr. 2011 7.38919637086568
May. 2011 7.35846677662324
Jun. 2011 7.30461676507032
Jul. 2011 7.27699432786489
Aug. 2011 7.22734590741533
Sep. 2011 7.20051810639882
Oct. 2011 7.18833922788884
Nov. 2011 7.16596475022796
Dec. 2011 7.1484189898924
Jan. 2012 7.10028578931502
Feb. 2012 7.09489282617156
Mar. 2012 7.07897799086012
Apr. 2012 7.04377681922457
May. 2012 7.00905090632236
Jun. 2012 6.9775667084703
Jul. 2012 6.9633256840026
Aug. 2012 6.95055326158503
Sep. 2012 6.93883575558521
Oct. 2012 6.90203478915939
Nov. 2012 6.87561686028113
Dec. 2012 6.8352579622661
Jan. 2013 6.84289390554406
Feb. 2013 6.8345527607122
Mar. 2013 6.8311116712576
Apr. 2013 6.8079618019873
May. 2013 6.80846566853779
Jun. 2013 6.78920940734219
Jul. 2013 6.7788278594117
Aug. 2013 6.74135845909278
Sep. 2013 6.71932305111918
Oct. 2013 6.72491262448727
Nov. 2013 6.72002365286595
Dec. 2013 6.68852237095733
Jan. 2014 6.65412451057281
Feb. 2014 6.62650575676954
Mar. 2014 6.59440625110582
Apr. 2014 6.60540876987351
May. 2014 6.58892554850192
Jun. 2014 6.57035130461114
Jul. 2014 6.53711064344463
Aug. 2014 6.53920175937688
Sep. 2014 6.50108647959625
Oct. 2014 6.46951992863436
Nov. 2014 6.45979956207163
Dec. 2014 6.42802862125476
Jan. 2015 6.41066675889126
Feb. 2015 6.40588580014364
Mar. 2015 6.39156849544721
Apr. 2015 6.34576846250794
May. 2015 6.31657441895361
Jun. 2015 6.31256118204419
Jul. 2015 6.29895423746734
Aug. 2015 6.27768022964678
Sep. 2015 6.28079985766562
Oct. 2015 6.26051884460383
Nov. 2015 6.23860592602248
Dec. 2015 6.22092210922989
Jan. 2016 6.2280973377016
Feb. 2016 6.2113755101772
Mar. 2016 6.19388118640685
Apr. 2016 6.18858176522232
May. 2016 6.17939528885356
Jun. 2016 6.16912544090224
Jul. 2016 6.15005190795455
Aug. 2016 6.13946116303514
Sep. 2016 6.11839000458607
Oct. 2016 6.10404535532035
Nov. 2016 6.1101643865522
Dec. 2016 6.11906264113893
Jan. 2017 6.10368443107753
Feb. 2017 6.10836778233388
Mar. 2017 6.12548540825519
Apr. 2017 6.14397902842497
May. 2017 6.13321489088518
Jun. 2017 6.11595253506164
Jul. 2017 6.11445493528646
Aug. 2017 6.11090941758757
Sep. 2017 6.10162932700453
Oct. 2017 6.10829120882909
Nov. 2017 6.09919261287353
Dec. 2017 6.08961236246321
Jan. 2018 6.08228030018647
Feb. 2018 6.07520505539971
Mar. 2018 6.05576547296285
Apr. 2018 6.04195949587461
May. 2018 6.03561144243326
Jun. 2018 6.04118906279534
Jul. 2018 6.04327523582776
Aug. 2018 6.03601763537625
Sep. 2018 6.046406025067
Oct. 2018 6.04737051240222
Nov. 2018 6.0406180017814
Dec. 2018 6.0194601897703
Jan. 2019 6.02958259882864
Feb. 2019 6.02242579165463
Mar. 2019 6.03307792103266
Apr. 2019 6.03201535540081
May. 2019 6.05956848130754
Jun. 2019 6.04607522169444
Jul. 2019 6.04807716701022
Aug. 2019 6.03514114861287
Sep. 2019 6.01573431829401
Oct. 2019 5.99735763214668
Nov. 2019 5.9820262647066
Dec. 2019 5.97655959361672
Jan. 2020 5.96921116086168
Feb. 2020 5.97179638617433
Mar. 2020 5.94608874285463
Apr. 2020 5.94017417299258
May. 2020 5.90161284394343
Jun. 2020 5.89815157580793
Jul. 2020 5.86437214031913
Aug. 2020 5.85861180449616
Sep. 2020 5.85909706306628
Oct. 2020 5.84025225962965
Nov. 2020 5.82547257923474
Dec. 2020 5.80223526701112
Jan. 2021 5.77654298832998
Feb. 2021 5.76902795106815
Mar. 2021 5.7637467712359
Apr. 2021 5.76501273743481
May. 2021 5.75890583203636
Jun. 2021 5.74621626384078
Jul. 2021 5.7322732442542
Aug. 2021 5.71958407122421
Sep. 2021 5.68022298663195
Oct. 2021 5.65017496468009
Nov. 2021 5.63777392059268
Dec. 2021 5.59117512490506
Jan. 2022 5.5708190008617
Feb. 2022 5.55266257885631
Mar. 2022 5.53338893576306
Apr. 2022 5.50296473969557
May. 2022 5.48094966792756
Jun. 2022 5.45252187687312
Jul. 2022 5.43944198896347
Aug. 2022 5.42821397951633
Sep. 2022 5.43663981783565
Oct. 2022 5.4573663478555
Nov. 2022 5.46268776881971
Dec. 2022 5.4926252148404
Jan. 2023 5.52148530497736
Feb. 2023 5.52283782090155
Mar. 2023 5.56896671608481
Apr. 2023 5.60459839670514
May. 2023 5.66716956841774
Jun. 2023 5.73759122846028
Jul. 2023 5.79712931675666
Aug. 2023 5.84239202279566

Note: The data are a 12-month moving average of weighted capitalization rates in the industrial, retail, office, and multifamily sectors, based on national square footage in 2009.

Source: Real Capital Analytics; Andrew C. Florance, Norm G. Miller, Ruijue Peng, and Jay Spivey (2010), “Slicing, Dicing, and Scoping the Size of the U.S. Commercial Real Estate Market,” Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management, vol. 16 (May–August), pp. 101–18.

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Figure 1.16. Banks reported tightening lending standards in commercial real estate loans

This is a line chart titled “Banks reported tightening lending standards in commercial real estate loans.” The x-axis measures time and ranges from 1997 to 2023. The data are quarterly. There is one line on the chart. The line shows “Net percentage of banks reporting.” The series begins just under 0 in 1997 before a quick rise to around 40 in the middle of 1998. There is a dip and then an increase to 45 in 2000:Q1. There is a steady decrease and the series bottoms out at -20 in 2004:Q1. From there the series climbs to over 80 in 2008:Q4. From this peak, there is a decrease to below 0 starting in 2011 until 2015. The series has a small quick spike to around 20 in 2015, and remains roughly steady until another quick peak of 65 in 2019:Q1, before a dramatic decline to -20 in 2022:Q1. The series has been increasing and finishes at a value of around 60 in 2023:Q2. There is also a horizonal line marked at zero. Data points above zero to 100 are labeled Tightening and data points below zero to -100 are labeled Easing.

Note: Banks' responses are weighted by their commercial real estate loan market shares. The shaded bars with top caps indicate periods of business recession as defined by the National Bureau of Economic Research: March 2001–November 2001, December 2007–June 2009, and February 2020–April 2020. Survey respondents to the Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices are asked about the changes over the quarter.

Source: Federal Reserve Board, Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices; Federal Reserve Board staff calculations.

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Figure 1.17. House prices started increasing again in recent months

12-month percent change

Date Zillow CoreLogic Case-Shiller
Jan. 2003 7.26332534373228 9.68021415415618 9.6272758502233
Feb. 2003 7.34821224877625 9.62223794139738 9.75880944235376
Mar. 2003 7.42269461960806 9.57580715168107 9.64979224963961
Apr. 2003 7.50336554811991 9.49427532199505 9.46229343175909
May. 2003 7.58896015990845 9.26053633585543 9.14810828710986
Jun. 2003 7.65022220077094 9.00114573248963 8.91032453200359
Jul. 2003 7.68648472198071 8.81631851722976 8.86086183199936
Aug. 2003 7.7207081530811 8.95814680414197 9.01146476389
Sep. 2003 7.78877467048208 9.36601313863913 9.23579568093077
Oct. 2003 7.86424520720038 9.86596117172603 9.3863960678611
Nov. 2003 7.91725640171266 10.3027300842736 9.57833228048011
Dec. 2003 7.94381869127311 10.8632892350856 9.81517892253243
Jan. 2004 8.00181606663433 11.3561452438623 10.2311006658833
Feb. 2004 8.12949204176177 11.7622325684174 10.6756019636874
Mar. 2004 8.32778330250711 12.3311765575177 11.4221637924368
Apr. 2004 8.56356038999632 12.9956246535744 12.0239098781516
May. 2004 8.84171023086706 13.4927863978056 12.5151699029126
Jun. 2004 9.17549172121839 14.1360411084831 12.9775576071456
Jul. 2004 9.54799693663057 14.5101303654266 13.1377645748236
Aug. 2004 9.88596351055251 14.576751762506 13.1205412958741
Sep. 2004 10.1603455803733 14.7211895376765 13.1529034140648
Oct. 2004 10.3782177777532 14.9778795529386 13.2772865632701
Nov. 2004 10.5868627200477 15.1972233835325 13.4971535634503
Dec. 2004 10.8234889364981 15.4727701603662 13.6360381006947
Jan. 2005 11.0586381131809 15.5714299555557 13.8014355767181
Feb. 2005 11.2633290113605 15.8260470787245 14.0040836443005
Mar. 2005 11.4205472221993 16.215811170312 14.2282065519156
Apr. 2005 11.6017669666081 16.3636922579295 14.2427144616227
May. 2005 11.735813440258 16.2098442232942 14.2914925171902
Jun. 2005 11.8333571834265 15.9980633738831 14.2838161041722
Jul. 2005 11.8564324352367 15.87115236688 14.2838387816726
Aug. 2005 11.8760852570078 16.0241030264364 14.3748780963526
Sep. 2005 11.890630242472 16.2544428451489 14.5058345690155
Oct. 2005 11.8919323394876 15.9755954955239 14.3634037108125
Nov. 2005 11.8663777253135 15.5986895776379 14.0761904761905
Dec. 2005 11.7646428868723 15.1715946399592 13.5123211697233
Jan. 2006 11.5738432520279 14.661122402174 12.9269968150878
Feb. 2006 11.3166532482439 13.8017959280443 12.0923913043478
Mar. 2006 11.0396665402329 12.4997811836622 11.0402235994653
Apr. 2006 10.6988665564952 10.9544873436841 9.97005988023952
May. 2006 10.2910111599717 9.33112197887872 8.75309661436829
Jun. 2006 9.7590860203998 7.49001581132933 7.28403673991396
Jul. 2006 9.10021321543759 5.89823980330726 6.03676048248134
Aug. 2006 8.33508479398542 4.50714623488926 4.82605729877218
Sep. 2006 7.4817587713278 3.31889671336219 3.71037666798039
Oct. 2006 6.63394182638629 2.40697884090724 2.96503496503497
Nov. 2006 5.8113842387537 1.44754285133435 2.20404074135916
Dec. 2006 5.0550555261808 0.362402024575875 1.73227472100382
Jan. 2007 4.39214389808882 -0.538023008291261 1.04518055632361
Feb. 2007 3.78664818266824 -1.38546369883026 0.534435261707988
Mar. 2007 3.17851930640373 -2.68622700511364 -0.306429548563613
Apr. 2007 2.53238901915152 -3.56349421612858 -0.827661312278797
May. 2007 1.84383499339449 -4.21597238032954 -1.35589543334418
Jun. 2007 1.15464472568494 -4.53175806541443 -1.63099431048497
Jul. 2007 0.482553638650487 -4.86647506918701 -1.96089052597368
Aug. 2007 -0.128110867819115 -5.44163765888098 -2.26668835746435
Sep. 2007 -0.676396210400602 -6.34507857526718 -2.75787187839304
Oct. 2007 -1.18462988573748 -7.48146473402571 -3.54251562075524
Nov. 2007 -1.69199654383914 -8.6279705959405 -4.6125360779829
Dec. 2007 -2.19139619025979 -9.7118319601698 -5.39758773126671
Jan. 2008 -2.72756043245954 -10.9009465021008 -6.37040280210157
Feb. 2008 -3.31728865170014 -12.0170211777083 -7.27790869732011
Mar. 2008 -3.97276162534871 -12.6774271090448 -7.84346012404632
Apr. 2008 -4.67934997561601 -13.2593340060545 -8.13155438423105
May. 2008 -5.3586106666193 -13.37939973978 -8.17022212447767
Jun. 2008 -5.99807705949873 -13.4148941216368 -8.26264184201829
Jul. 2008 -6.58609869362451 -13.7279990167833 -8.44245538427537
Aug. 2008 -7.22557810234876 -14.1287356143999 -8.84980302946235
Sep. 2008 -7.82903668780975 -14.9405871712815 -9.60808396605628
Oct. 2008 -8.39175235000201 -15.7378695935913 -10.3475468934828
Nov. 2008 -8.87292473543935 -16.2359948117192 -10.8986069878968
Dec. 2008 -9.32851331860634 -17.0117052406013 -11.993769470405
Jan. 2009 -9.70502577657843 -17.5004817668201 -12.6958148234744
Feb. 2009 -9.90914222693297 -17.0909582051475 -12.748980436196
Mar. 2009 -9.98765492158044 -16.3136467399929 -12.7337701012507
Apr. 2009 -9.97954847000265 -15.0423130996109 -12.1802534066459
May. 2009 -9.95217344584199 -13.3207692235568 -11.2860735241289
Jun. 2009 -9.85000393375862 -11.5819924109903 -10.0516392458268
Jul. 2009 -9.63945453888597 -10.0495171662902 -9.02781968499186
Aug. 2009 -9.29552225736902 -8.68141980154695 -8.2846359873387
Sep. 2009 -8.89048913838325 -7.46146875132909 -7.58446050274844
Oct. 2009 -8.40776569967486 -5.84374839205037 -6.64111585825584
Nov. 2009 -7.75534650201141 -3.87249948520316 -5.20920099955148
Dec. 2009 -6.96855514717157 -2.22668104917812 -3.86102917076369
Jan. 2010 -6.11701004137461 -1.40179739227397 -2.91912158543118
Feb. 2010 -5.38646759896272 -1.41431737501999 -3.09578647879691
Mar. 2010 -4.67244554689386 -0.277666955735927 -1.992901992902
Apr. 2010 -3.93003009814642 0.80636174330296 -1.04804682183203
May. 2010 -3.1936022648769 1.01616078575601 -0.762637510967129
Jun. 2010 -2.60227506126865 0.669299806146613 -1.39519359145528
Jul. 2010 -2.29249975066626 -0.181706728168859 -2.10945273631841
Aug. 2010 -2.17256080003219 -1.22027272041823 -2.81409703325146
Sep. 2010 -2.20788880459508 -2.11692101443075 -3.35494219073714
Oct. 2010 -2.36049412007012 -2.77306016021052 -3.6745406824147
Nov. 2010 -2.71331984458353 -3.56340313972722 -4.13681222117075
Dec. 2010 -3.16146798392389 -3.7126222582987 -4.11155052502387
Jan. 2011 -3.64302228920792 -3.62437540435256 -4.11034482758621
Feb. 2011 -4.08345244298507 -3.55148656717295 -3.71198881509962
Mar. 2011 -4.53804429884515 -4.34935564559776 -4.04596100278552
Apr. 2011 -5.07260407799275 -4.53813073145919 -4.29160935350757
May. 2011 -5.60813464619358 -4.41932036485362 -4.31855277475517
Jun. 2011 -6.02302820332401 -3.92670379299807 -3.89953286845848
Jul. 2011 -6.14535919206957 -3.09322090923836 -3.54408077522531
Aug. 2011 -6.06068926148398 -2.32302652604667 -3.16874957317491
Sep. 2011 -5.81962118261597 -1.65328837302035 -3.07032708664686
Oct. 2011 -5.55216899214021 -1.41202439800636 -3.29770139034444
Nov. 2011 -5.22744892776966 -1.38499978301916 -3.63136370046538
Dec. 2011 -4.90563433045522 -1.00138177921513 -3.88252862120459
Jan. 2012 -4.53284266933878 -0.41104561042678 -3.50258918296893
Feb. 2012 -4.06691196613929 0.500278313125499 -2.71526063598084
Mar. 2012 -3.4800201516712 1.87277344350367 -1.3934247768343
Apr. 2012 -2.77505673919192 2.66322237267251 -0.495832135671168
May. 2012 -1.98687131825814 3.3530364275706 0.255881725780094
Jun. 2012 -1.14730989985078 3.76062371966782 0.85945755547728
Jul. 2012 -0.351399448269814 4.12680986487365 1.36293382042995
Aug. 2012 0.328961082119637 4.64714423017934 2.05938359545808
Sep. 2012 1.0044002208951 5.27446940566825 2.98922736676894
Oct. 2012 1.7073422912712 5.96081456888918 4.01705079112781
Nov. 2012 2.44029860645918 6.93655802741327 5.33401624350627
Dec. 2012 3.16160761208418 7.77860400406582 6.43633942442851
Jan. 2013 3.86108774331747 8.68532410224048 7.55757620928674
Feb. 2013 4.46483753005742 9.37030956048427 8.32835820895522
Mar. 2013 4.94274977731178 9.91852343905396 8.89821152572312
Apr. 2013 5.37502550739114 9.93470981402322 9.0272261139597
May. 2013 5.86449262763041 9.75198895191321 9.0818858560794
Jun. 2013 6.37972584972836 9.39595505554188 9.26171684012015
Jul. 2013 6.77928768387249 9.45284492979368 9.71028555586359
Aug. 2013 7.21093454263137 9.61225746026473 10.1513371570728
Sep. 2013 7.5274732809248 9.9223166305484 10.6123579939041
Oct. 2013 7.88653976193689 10.1379976815216 10.8286448565673
Nov. 2013 8.02639600726604 10.077712943369 10.7043623228675
Dec. 2013 8.09049519011872 9.93049170476849 10.7110585945645
Jan. 2014 8.00871943802811 9.85220101106982 10.4358672302682
Feb. 2014 7.91831279637106 9.80123476631992 10.1336456324056
Mar. 2014 7.80730537787902 8.93106386930597 8.94160583941605
Apr. 2014 7.64407616171405 7.96721480779072 7.94859905941578
May. 2014 7.44207067917959 7.01916226491624 7.03236708696217
Jun. 2014 7.08958751991572 6.31436435666944 6.25199769865115
Jul. 2014 6.81382427081268 5.72839138791639 5.59100385368627
Aug. 2014 6.44361330167709 5.34086596866907 5.05018820577163
Sep. 2014 6.11943658237463 5.06313687505792 4.73446893787575
Oct. 2014 5.60451726034138 5.09035355352155 4.60641764853346
Nov. 2014 5.30232335445729 5.04503157342484 4.57426115329108
Dec. 2014 5.12205842948517 4.98027326400928 4.50778503264692
Jan. 2015 5.09879238827727 4.99298547972175 4.31699818033507
Feb. 2015 5.04174687720313 5.06841035360386 4.22843560392819
Mar. 2015 4.98770633347356 5.17308930383765 4.28066257211986
Apr. 2015 4.97461744075746 5.20452307969428 4.29526906792661
May. 2015 4.94061588988681 5.19788471773165 4.35389846975953
Jun. 2015 4.95076186166909 5.2004632505397 4.35593526261957
Jul. 2015 4.98706276228284 5.08452471868059 4.40349407682183
Aug. 2015 5.16545126617352 5.08543214114965 4.47297700806211
Sep. 2015 5.42532830540548 5.29067189291664 4.66993542214781
Oct. 2015 5.83624498770634 5.33605082252143 4.8768797555569
Nov. 2015 6.1077888398019 5.40453648344119 5.08820352814112
Dec. 2015 6.3064402719777 5.5082401522557 5.20245103928872
Jan. 2016 6.46147027106524 5.63673982082189 5.28721804511278
Feb. 2016 6.6144305546537 5.63792838407808 5.19114205125128
Mar. 2016 6.60343844668374 5.61159989724267 5.06276399547861
Apr. 2016 6.51101601870848 5.57707249450334 5.01853268223804
May. 2016 6.36988143995511 5.41175355904823 4.94617398894385
Jun. 2016 6.34107547502284 5.1974326047137 4.8832516575382
Jul. 2016 6.1767139431604 5.18716018824829 4.88252148997135
Aug. 2016 5.96535382875391 5.14837157081987 4.98456613696124
Sep. 2016 5.73109949118009 5.17171436653629 5.08426163953155
Oct. 2016 5.56774132827673 5.31315855684744 5.12425021422451
Nov. 2016 5.52277887866182 5.42791855775884 5.1901336073998
Dec. 2016 5.51066938976249 5.45983265103988 5.30493375970762
Jan. 2017 5.45546327005608 5.51472579138269 5.49588665447898
Feb. 2017 5.42942446148429 5.64733876074483 5.55682336832497
Mar. 2017 5.57429405280402 5.69144646357245 5.6228765571914
Apr. 2017 5.80717300514585 5.65233097977987 5.63025210084034
May. 2017 5.96607884841945 5.67255553514984 5.65012475741613
Jun. 2017 5.99927893459877 5.7617343647481 5.68931398416888
Jul. 2017 6.07264745916575 5.77987164255277 5.73707791498197
Aug. 2017 6.17909002055658 5.85306856559587 5.82053795056082
Sep. 2017 6.26954122700062 5.92032472421355 5.90921446045121
Oct. 2017 6.32619827257557 5.96862952538307 6.01565047277469
Nov. 2017 6.37245790545929 6.05781803911095 6.09564131791783
Dec. 2017 6.41531456033591 6.032175720184 6.20356813621821
Jan. 2018 6.45056653481568 5.98601440913472 6.20600021661432
Feb. 2018 6.44234018892095 6.20122922660309 6.42633228840125
Mar. 2018 6.50658240056356 6.37116983574274 6.46008684930039
Apr. 2018 6.45999511259087 6.29160945834794 6.4014850172368
May. 2018 6.46746783556957 6.16298209827441 6.25590427206887
Jun. 2018 6.35281090540834 5.89774735558001 6.12680085296718
Jul. 2018 6.42796524255229 5.73154200165078 5.90636626705249
Aug. 2018 6.46983779680619 5.50979035397824 5.64960123488553
Sep. 2018 6.49846082367063 5.34047642594012 5.42038805050816
Oct. 2018 6.30242026004604 5.19643857664266 5.26936285816803
Nov. 2018 6.06834407890002 4.90163263217156 4.93707152358539
Dec. 2018 5.83373212127729 4.6172211776136 4.51876436047996
Jan. 2019 5.68357257601729 4.4333109735087 4.12502549459515
Feb. 2019 5.62254536549163 4.15275751955218 3.82408206794983
Mar. 2019 5.50212027170332 3.84508807016698 3.63077852754556
Apr. 2019 5.38384953297719 3.7620489592219 3.52905991426577
May. 2019 5.16366824608092 3.7105892698261 3.40808060851527
Jun. 2019 5.05902079992099 3.66328298840162 3.20999754962018
Jul. 2019 4.82164331713139 3.60671599791762 3.12271285679434
Aug. 2019 4.63553632314543 3.70693624065748 3.10719329859251
Sep. 2019 4.4087127172233 3.8155841730073 3.16973415132924
Oct. 2019 4.44408077145442 3.91664844091732 3.21858109753128
Nov. 2019 4.61256818710413 4.12675582885661 3.4176783189508
Dec. 2019 4.8458106170155 4.38644161477614 3.68832437713728
Jan. 2020 5.06252843343246 4.60727040399214 4.01547426668625
Feb. 2020 5.19241109108268 4.84490383011096 4.29954999021718
Mar. 2020 5.31793585288505 5.20708251395601 4.57748189902328
Apr. 2020 5.40544688537175 5.18479307811215 4.59797785267213
May. 2020 5.36796971042057 4.8797574022315 4.36568589988536
Jun. 2020 5.23606117764543 5.09366572115269 4.38271604938273
Jul. 2020 5.23577963769322 5.72930232822465 4.8450437662645
Aug. 2020 5.60131333424801 6.30614718058624 5.83345141939445
Sep. 2020 6.48546233024386 7.06428538795473 7.04610883005333
Oct. 2020 7.51169353168893 7.89359451135294 8.42060571752053
Nov. 2020 8.57408195002279 8.63681897877389 9.53234018480106
Dec. 2020 9.49283768253691 9.38636922809226 10.4310954063604
Jan. 2021 10.2796719050069 9.88185078353992 11.3271503224895
Feb. 2021 11.1048183388215 10.4177898199398 12.2027857243352
Mar. 2021 11.9578879206844 11.4453950633167 13.4937967566563
Apr. 2021 13.0454679741897 12.9756426956603 15.0103567318757
May. 2021 14.5700588310713 14.7356244907461 16.9244851258581
Jun. 2021 16.3773054233755 16.1375187980797 18.8236364463449
Jul. 2021 17.8546931335208 16.7800948156005 19.8384403628323
Aug. 2021 18.3645152031644 17.0094546578917 19.9767919307328
Sep. 2021 17.8408008043297 17.0572243044924 19.6852129441848
Oct. 2021 17.0345459419892 16.9810540285879 19.0793194970195
Nov. 2021 16.3112349110094 17.0275469142884 18.8129465438581
Dec. 2021 15.8769684994141 17.2614107174088 18.8745253637101
Jan. 2022 15.9600883126453 17.5763860226615 19.2624857275764
Feb. 2022 16.3243824026725 18.3265586356596 20.0668756530825
Mar. 2022 16.9443808722698 19.2625872362812 20.8106448311157
Apr. 2022 17.3962759583866 19.492047696857 20.7596253902185
May. 2022 17.4164339350742 19.0395327529469 19.9741662752466
Jun. 2022 16.9832543647969 17.3167805007871 18.0276405956893
Jul. 2022 16.0263171907521 15.1113449963121 15.6618339295801
Aug. 2022 14.9107419139948 12.9281361849991 12.971505096347
Sep. 2022 13.7477431320985 11.1714165668883 10.6973146204
Oct. 2022 12.630096228233 9.989097862042 9.15302543116048
Nov. 2022 11.3494218436015 8.57068411495733 7.56384712914327
Dec. 2022 9.90518348877627 6.93258319205582 5.66701360226825
Jan. 2023 7.98521038199804 5.71403187792576 3.8401531806255
Feb. 2023 5.92914125436514 4.6965051592738 2.16180463691431
Mar. 2023 3.89183866512314 3.40745432055916 0.759116171885593
Apr. 2023 2.24050896326336 2.24838683947616 -0.0894839757399127
May. 2023 1.04239853425241 1.58678214204269 -0.355616456233067
Jun. 2023 0.239676892891355 1.6317460843898 0.00648718780408103
Jul. 2023 0.0380334580210755 2.46655859680221 0.983264960604297
Aug. 2023 0.400293362477999 3.6826059211911  
Sep. 2023 1.12623060389374    

Note: The data extend through August 2023 for Zillow, August 2023 for CoreLogic, and July 2023 for Case-Shiller.

Source: CoreLogic, Inc., Real Estate Data; Zillow, Inc., Real Estate Data; S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Indices.

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Figure 1.18. Model-based measures of house price valuations remained historically high

Percent

Date Owners’ equivalent rent Market-based rents
1979 Q1 -2.053878  
1979 Q2 -1.546366  
1979 Q3 -1.379563  
1979 Q4 0.4884236  
1980 Q1 -1.335259  
1980 Q2 -1.927711  
1980 Q3 -2.933388  
1980 Q4 0.8909474  
1981 Q1 5.418625  
1981 Q2 0.4329011  
1981 Q3 -0.9381655  
1981 Q4 1.702936  
1982 Q1 -0.2434554  
1982 Q2 2.104571  
1982 Q3 5.71422  
1982 Q4 2.579623  
1983 Q1 5.144848  
1983 Q2 4.560445  
1983 Q3 3.970817  
1983 Q4 -3.89101  
1984 Q1 -2.719034  
1984 Q2 -3.54036  
1984 Q3 -0.6841784  
1984 Q4 0.6055793  
1985 Q1 2.189178  
1985 Q2 6.733738  
1985 Q3 8.705838  
1985 Q4 6.465693  
1986 Q1 7.637759  
1986 Q2 5.308755  
1986 Q3 4.4006  
1986 Q4 2.808406  
1987 Q1 0.6590564  
1987 Q2 -2.901239  
1987 Q3 -2.33328  
1987 Q4 -2.897306  
1988 Q1 -4.893946  
1988 Q2 -0.4161729  
1988 Q3 -0.5594488  
1988 Q4 2.462643  
1989 Q1 0  
1989 Q2 2.422239  
1989 Q3 2.564025  
1989 Q4 2.157377  
1990 Q1 2.82936  
1990 Q2 0.3252387  
1990 Q3 -1.564156  
1990 Q4 -1.916806  
1991 Q1 -0.1529345  
1991 Q2 0.0514211  
1991 Q3 -1.102635  
1991 Q4 -2.49085  
1992 Q1 -3.731373  
1992 Q2 -4.335872  
1992 Q3 -3.353084  
1992 Q4 -5.522439  
1993 Q1 -4.677339  
1993 Q2 -4.750458  
1993 Q3 -6.044966  
1993 Q4 -5.199265  
1994 Q1 -6.093198  
1994 Q2 -8.047783  
1994 Q3 -9.137665  
1994 Q4 -8.338039  
1995 Q1 -7.544291  
1995 Q2 -3.780952  
1995 Q3 -2.509924  
1995 Q4 -1.559588  
1996 Q1 -1.557367  
1996 Q2 -5.139285  
1996 Q3 -5.737185  
1996 Q4 -6.630965  
1997 Q1 -6.275135  
1997 Q2 -3.706548  
1997 Q3 -3.153692  
1997 Q4 -4.561168  
1998 Q1 -3.712754  
1998 Q2 -1.496841  
1998 Q3 -3.75527  
1998 Q4 -2.73537  
1999 Q1 -3.172068  
1999 Q2 -1.948405  
1999 Q3 -2.285028  
1999 Q4 -3.106393  
2000 Q1 -0.7274792  
2000 Q2 1.049902  
2000 Q3 4.145594  
2000 Q4 5.701575  
2001 Q1 7.174034  
2001 Q2 7.129652  
2001 Q3 6.196125  
2001 Q4 5.394089  
2002 Q1 4.074428  
2002 Q2 5.360297  
2002 Q3 5.854921  
2002 Q4 6.688262  
2003 Q1 8.400552  
2003 Q2 10.15246  
2003 Q3 8.951419  
2003 Q4 8.724836  
2004 Q1 10.19315 9.410419
2004 Q2 10.55542 9.469364
2004 Q3 14.85589 13.24462
2004 Q4 18.02478 16.51028
2005 Q1 18.32626 17.70951
2005 Q2 23.12127 20.63206
2005 Q3 24.89252 22.14235
2005 Q4 25.63265 22.91874
2006 Q1 27.22137 23.39712
2006 Q2 27.15388 24.34738
2006 Q3 27.09391 25.11161
2006 Q4 27.94634 26.47344
2007 Q1 27.09288 25.47734
2007 Q2 28.05304 24.93633
2007 Q3 26.32432 23.94986
2007 Q4 22.98619 21.62771
2008 Q1 20.69064 19.5697
2008 Q2 17.96889 16.88177
2008 Q3 14.64155 14.64248
2008 Q4 9.983683 11.8168
2009 Q1 4.336428 9.537131
2009 Q2 2.95058 9.34787
2009 Q3 0.385328 6.772611
2009 Q4 -1.885467 3.800442
2010 Q1 -4.127623 1.744823
2010 Q2 -2.153259 2.950113
2010 Q3 -3.91045 0.4254985
2010 Q4 -6.253335 -2.432796
2011 Q1 -6.993301 -4.908144
2011 Q2 -10.14686 -8.174799
2011 Q3 -13.92422 -11.42347
2011 Q4 -16.34723 -13.54623
2012 Q1 -13.32228 -12.17398
2012 Q2 -14.84856 -13.43267
2012 Q3 -17.30722 -14.98146
2012 Q4 -16.96036 -14.39994
2013 Q1 -16.8819 -14.38488
2013 Q2 -15.50964 -13.18225
2013 Q3 -15.21559 -12.95143
2013 Q4 -13.59349 -11.62166
2014 Q1 -11.44651 -10.34014
2014 Q2 -10.75004 -9.831653
2014 Q3 -6.736686 -7.621659
2014 Q4 -6.744213 -7.560706
2015 Q1 -5.984019 -7.424695
2015 Q2 -5.985713 -7.501261
2015 Q3 -5.552812 -7.577625
2015 Q4 -5.135964 -7.324476
2016 Q1 -5.013337 -6.856378
2016 Q2 -4.58022 -6.035956
2016 Q3 -4.440116 -5.54539
2016 Q4 -4.10992 -4.817156
2017 Q1 -3.742668 -4.601269
2017 Q2 -3.448341 -4.003145
2017 Q3 -3.510505 -3.204298
2017 Q4 -0.5639578 -0.9005095
2018 Q1 1.234014 0.5438584
2018 Q2 1.350654 0.2062905
2018 Q3 2.104059 0.8946986
2018 Q4 2.670942 1.099581
2019 Q1 4.794356 2.852528
2019 Q2 5.444808 2.936316
2019 Q3 5.198221 2.694641
2019 Q4 6.800603 3.849444
2020 Q1 5.970737 3.541699
2020 Q2 5.585369 4.717325
2020 Q3 4.740833 3.355397
2020 Q4 8.493073 4.619315
2021 Q1 10.81652 5.984699
2021 Q2 12.10233 6.55883
2021 Q3 14.70733 7.279471
2021 Q4 16.21432 6.877668
2022 Q1 22.05111 11.06946
2022 Q2 25.76213 13.83886
2022 Q3 23.83915 13.57244
2022 Q4 22.27288 13.69224
2023 Q1 20.95157 13.6578
2023 Q2 25.39576 16.51439
2023 Q3 25.51664 17.28354

Note: The values for 2023:Q3 are based on monthly data through July 2023. The data for the market-based rents model begin in 2004:Q1. Valuation is measured as the deviation from the long-run

Source: For house prices, Zillow, Inc., Real Estate Data; for rent data, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Figure 1.19. House price-to-rent ratios remained elevated across geographic areas

Jan. 2010 = 100

Date Median Bottom Line Middle 80% Top Line Middle 80%
Jan. 1996 81.9681274572213 72.6543779710577 104.969613458564
Feb. 1996 81.6689815746875 72.6250958436169 104.797584738977
Mar. 1996 81.4988519790244 72.321185961343 104.561287885484
Apr. 1996 81.6945814688089 72.2235163305906 105.018774429917
May. 1996 81.7775506118502 72.097975160357 104.590756133876
Jun. 1996 81.8361451647189 71.9919730034103 104.457277476674
Jul. 1996 81.8790080096426 71.9347501244701 104.370962216569
Aug. 1996 81.948493602131 71.7645407396767 104.381518968734
Sep. 1996 81.9828370010024 71.6381340148579 104.191724176655
Oct. 1996 82.0054761488308 71.4161547748071 104.220625766499
Nov. 1996 82.0795410024723 71.3790515322683 103.995617612711
Dec. 1996 82.1467142631757 71.4564642960141 103.987101840414
Jan. 1997 82.23458032906 71.5048600830293 103.530691365445
Feb. 1997 82.3584674233602 71.5081279721694 103.597121171568
Mar. 1997 82.6114152659654 71.6235579866995 103.355694739635
Apr. 1997 82.9668086787596 71.7570620437013 103.025158623857
May. 1997 83.1407539758188 71.9869293495667 103.080479079425
Jun. 1997 83.3084322519694 71.9708568363002 102.780911213498
Jul. 1997 85.6573338221186 72.0395971771348 102.116848437154
Aug. 1997 85.7500244407946 72.1562794439941 102.086658971114
Sep. 1997 85.8527825353958 72.1798703907948 102.400769704292
Oct. 1997 85.9312439646217 72.208622997308 102.477021078774
Nov. 1997 85.9384884583442 72.3930577801001 102.755275922676
Dec. 1997 86.1312386634675 72.484465538277 102.975999316152
Jan. 1998 84.1337437355806 73.1519473108155 102.55617919412
Feb. 1998 84.2089526203087 73.644827335797 102.797706921698
Mar. 1998 84.2922991821916 74.0564054327318 103.237341515942
Apr. 1998 84.2451150050824 74.4045665595842 102.5014662947
May. 1998 84.2169831819144 74.5472363983512 102.727878632468
Jun. 1998 84.1763861173578 74.4264358253389 102.454766638328
Jul. 1998 84.2588023728655 74.3113221558187 102.782338292394
Aug. 1998 84.5147710446103 74.3209298312932 103.115389332393
Sep. 1998 84.8642205773342 74.1214144778256 103.360239406778
Oct. 1998 85.1553110638391 74.1168872519054 103.57842157993
Nov. 1998 85.3988393979231 74.0721828943151 103.368993328543
Dec. 1998 85.6036588250658 74.0376306662312 103.768114711761
Jan. 1999 85.9416019595132 74.1053281831532 104.089100943219
Feb. 1999 86.4379297302048 74.1013189187178 104.756810066174
Mar. 1999 87.0759335208137 74.4916415315479 105.274705696542
Apr. 1999 87.9150692441929 74.8671634195455 105.79650308602
May. 1999 88.6794670950318 75.2958210201686 106.556261109937
Jun. 1999 89.233034920199 75.8326951820406 107.210570188783
Jul. 1999 89.7766749636288 76.3923747879851 107.663299399464
Aug. 1999 90.1639916042609 76.7373619734893 107.869765788208
Sep. 1999 90.4144350723353 77.2167057806358 107.820325643434
Oct. 1999 90.7623426285859 77.7199534463205 107.915423328831
Nov. 1999 90.8346877033354 78.0872432487128 108.031265688764
Dec. 1999 91.3795978688234 78.5542593031337 108.490573010754
Jan. 2000 91.7117561735973 78.8072681772446 108.573383337558
Feb. 2000 91.7328459201469 79.1816568192227 108.539384018203
Mar. 2000 91.5453736682252 79.5476358337815 108.293756999917
Apr. 2000 92.143260312992 80.0206089110486 108.351030541161
May. 2000 92.5343564797105 80.8398887023689 108.450333275383
Jun. 2000 92.9722257963954 81.3568323171848 108.575202378911
Jul. 2000 93.6438261679844 82.0624956460533 108.727251568747
Aug. 2000 94.1964402646541 82.6913391007964 108.790141368462
Sep. 2000 95.0527814987484 83.1002660999654 108.847968349187
Oct. 2000 95.5531929485601 83.7566087690048 108.877243263506
Nov. 2000 95.6651807890841 84.2284652914889 108.929186603555
Dec. 2000 96.3124797859708 84.6221303187862 108.941231442081
Jan. 2001 97.0605453588676 84.7278831553353 108.806602067433
Feb. 2001 98.0630467925475 85.1096549408506 108.585384646629
Mar. 2001 98.536202784412 85.6073246770206 108.491024116669
Apr. 2001 99.031172329042 86.1562589115439 108.606116878686
May. 2001 99.0988199907206 86.5231143330469 109.39057221339
Jun. 2001 98.7583237471038 87.0105648586798 110.05469491303
Jul. 2001 98.9937281956082 87.622234011219 110.884670908733
Aug. 2001 98.8406504064679 88.0353797804193 111.843804619808
Sep. 2001 98.8667161894926 88.2408264943437 112.691025625032
Oct. 2001 98.8622734774534 88.8351420824373 113.738957574205
Nov. 2001 98.694620634626 89.0298289296884 114.58980871265
Dec. 2001 98.7560361004664 88.7180263364443 114.5679257036
Jan. 2002 98.7342828213332 88.580709865507 114.800874395913
Feb. 2002 98.9758952688582 88.5022196378128 115.005732374005
Mar. 2002 99.2203915965491 88.5681998216866 115.355152190023
Apr. 2002 99.8207952985508 88.7756135005922 114.656790836996
May. 2002 100.36571383229 89.2223893337954 114.905767192705
Jun. 2002 101.142577505191 89.9592511182888 115.123642061631
Jul. 2002 101.957073805137 90.6555904578727 114.859386739504
Aug. 2002 102.032939998541 90.7588403380282 115.140154807628
Sep. 2002 102.071919619672 90.8999991721594 115.679750834859
Oct. 2002 102.381667119669 91.1375052897741 116.640327965161
Nov. 2002 102.672572053788 91.3299688378503 116.40421636593
Dec. 2002 103.383824192294 91.5058723974616 116.437552296027
Jan. 2003 103.763945727878 91.7272782214532 116.597702118433
Feb. 2003 104.586310183793 91.8734728065438 116.830757280007
Mar. 2003 105.005972557766 92.1409406808224 118.640256769891
Apr. 2003 105.508286594932 92.4081936502152 120.422731650032
May. 2003 106.005243336488 92.7491704037273 122.073676978958
Jun. 2003 106.907064211389 93.0217491396024 123.464074055477
Jul. 2003 107.388230503615 93.3794499950855 125.139399236219
Aug. 2003 107.937679999581 93.4974458792166 126.743040426668
Sep. 2003 108.492259819123 94.0408890238758 129.296340592119
Oct. 2003 109.154504317421 95.0390844512235 130.657119767387
Nov. 2003 109.854301012099 96.1706072973294 132.412907757303
Dec. 2003 110.621094534427 97.1721092056491 133.631576259939
Jan. 2004 111.16041130938 98.0031594620886 135.108540926041
Feb. 2004 111.83783506966 98.9429678794678 137.710078610438
Mar. 2004 112.460199747499 99.954824239203 140.143404948414
Apr. 2004 113.167508295373 101.088295837366 142.778150784773
May. 2004 114.310936444804 102.752568513961 145.048339974156
Jun. 2004 115.665405813433 103.647002447705 149.227647868439
Jul. 2004 116.819848091457 104.605494295481 152.656123313566
Aug. 2004 118.01592341963 105.704825364471 155.018267309619
Sep. 2004 119.288370433488 106.261180309121 157.389803069301
Oct. 2004 120.231675464003 106.437680676042 159.884861126824
Nov. 2004 121.584739213722 106.554002751501 160.883981780198
Dec. 2004 122.453204528846 106.358172011728 162.913927742495
Jan. 2005 122.961099418781 107.010388682902 164.162512507841
Feb. 2005 123.590617380574 107.106720122113 166.04452427067
Mar. 2005 124.067847936514 106.871939298085 168.101039524859
Apr. 2005 124.896302230864 107.618306441395 169.966745581944
May. 2005 125.404124726926 107.93133422314 172.904179097832
Jun. 2005 125.681765124334 108.639020823139 174.664634953373
Jul. 2005 126.450661831753 108.332472205675 174.653004226396
Aug. 2005 127.351184663723 108.708875870367 174.271816002334
Sep. 2005 128.065200196102 109.521064495527 173.399926178364
Oct. 2005 127.978617710821 110.936592952487 173.824418606182
Nov. 2005 128.43633794566 112.483511362407 173.616826645302
Dec. 2005 128.859029583424 112.805182873231 174.139271053962
Jan. 2006 129.369288571574 112.860440872348 174.607726212319
Feb. 2006 129.884130825439 112.845230374731 174.524117763465
Mar. 2006 130.852172366916 112.591743302682 173.776163770037
Apr. 2006 131.236054853145 112.287225843241 174.250394505417
May. 2006 130.952674309809 111.979178850469 173.845999047646
Jun. 2006 130.878372324312 111.682236268309 172.333440156941
Jul. 2006 130.804114286589 111.319467202227 171.604889358495
Aug. 2006 130.566173481762 111.130993383743 170.803205284705
Sep. 2006 130.405081212213 110.840732896324 170.169131557691
Oct. 2006 129.931651397899 111.036647687227 169.304573904932
Nov. 2006 129.619627085343 111.507345178452 168.210591874105
Dec. 2006 129.343211020129 112.548044145733 167.262782647482
Jan. 2007 129.473457971914 112.766608292231 165.381355093554
Feb. 2007 129.472574823074 112.921019741593 164.323853839052
Mar. 2007 130.221355316604 112.644354436569 163.521929979848
Apr. 2007 130.610648515941 112.169295487854 162.576969556295
May. 2007 130.55105407094 112.781807518981 161.677826403269
Jun. 2007 130.75500658928 112.814312369138 161.030570746943
Jul. 2007 129.856241162926 112.465089966789 159.048798886672
Aug. 2007 128.841529169196 112.089653639325 156.619986876992
Sep. 2007 128.529753694107 111.701239486785 154.153300140888
Oct. 2007 128.021414053941 111.216978835524 151.783963293729
Nov. 2007 127.28201748931 110.731617913649 149.580093286666
Dec. 2007 126.367436200228 110.162766632641 147.238995416668
Jan. 2008 125.408919056095 109.424408647903 144.718864197929
Feb. 2008 124.239196107706 109.128688387751 142.026643609512
Mar. 2008 123.255670428363 108.557974420641 139.291498932866
Apr. 2008 122.253693572136 107.972890221677 136.48066471665
May. 2008 121.04206743465 107.307820352072 133.72918079116
Jun. 2008 119.417823527306 106.624945964058 131.156944149777
Jul. 2008 117.543001581917 106.147879373305 128.691372846453
Aug. 2008 115.662785823889 105.641379859367 126.617282937443
Sep. 2008 112.77169451308 105.098055739461 124.508231809926
Oct. 2008 111.34311227164 104.457782948391 122.425817498842
Nov. 2008 109.782002286159 103.829533624927 120.139143763021
Dec. 2008 108.395603346065 102.815947915656 117.797391945027
Jan. 2009 107.236354172818 101.20781788625 115.455686163148
Feb. 2009 106.065950352499 100.01103197059 113.402089361614
Mar. 2009 104.804449939232 99.8158311308078 111.349404425294
Apr. 2009 103.921681514417 99.6057610526946 109.233657172557
May. 2009 103.006801204465 99.3625755892084 107.338440211414
Jun. 2009 101.929256433602 99.2183240735454 105.627551310069
Jul. 2009 101.259425678726 98.8055040468106 104.265227800077
Aug. 2009 100.44577218323 98.1932452722116 103.026587008968
Sep. 2009 100.389978027848 97.9832079204982 102.067587614315
Oct. 2009 100.148744928071 98.2117730078287 101.293508291884
Nov. 2009 100.161720522594 98.672038848192 100.968213692547
Dec. 2009 100.057517281634 99.5222450034715 100.602271506667
Jan. 2010 100 100 100
Feb. 2010 99.938929414331 99.5547123018441 100.553585083548
Mar. 2010 100.104161895191 99.4243805691385 100.8147723726
Apr. 2010 99.9377147437442 98.9674063775936 101.129664415332
May. 2010 99.8750945591473 98.7707568380044 101.513092660267
Jun. 2010 99.6413922097739 98.7144291638116 101.695873989555
Jul. 2010 99.3097134119064 98.0342716378506 101.605794431435
Aug. 2010 98.8739296426193 97.1671841089878 100.502412464577
Sep. 2010 98.303726352929 96.0805862673123 100.017004365833
Oct. 2010 97.7177793828731 94.8872037796926 99.7049351523283
Nov. 2010 97.0522988146402 93.8511758936733 99.1945720715431
Dec. 2010 96.4097594224542 93.0055851060053 98.7719551375799
Jan. 2011 95.7581275022503 92.3446747068587 98.3287609813935
Feb. 2011 95.1773842485487 90.9380905928884 97.8962662350379
Mar. 2011 94.6005841600427 90.4006963035259 97.197678617642
Apr. 2011 94.1228627783108 89.4056884058198 96.8714977314605
May. 2011 93.3605366195003 88.5492175207795 96.254590557191
Jun. 2011 92.5165758782058 86.9774820552624 95.8193411093374
Jul. 2011 91.8571293474052 85.9352428610571 94.9831062160547
Aug. 2011 91.1214051704825 85.1841362716666 94.5385332670867
Sep. 2011 90.433954761851 84.9016810024025 94.0916148256924
Oct. 2011 89.860997554653 84.5209091047656 93.6253749324717
Nov. 2011 89.3321291127617 84.1031881997722 93.3382369493427
Dec. 2011 88.8943124792104 83.3318948893556 93.1732379218447
Jan. 2012 88.5406215021743 82.6752111923524 92.868603431652
Feb. 2012 88.1771275837117 81.9968943653328 92.6957330743563
Mar. 2012 88.0648920942058 81.9897482354974 92.7564450845711
Apr. 2012 87.5692478772485 82.119752305502 92.789407990985
May. 2012 87.4494939678148 82.2216663044746 92.9073703433763
Jun. 2012 87.8411186840237 82.7019815285518 92.9917062827787
Jul. 2012 88.4219513724208 83.3976261511717 93.085841437771
Aug. 2012 89.336189369388 83.5645061035503 93.4131336298181
Sep. 2012 90.1943990395897 83.7872437899894 93.298422820017
Oct. 2012 90.7085309617317 83.9761728187913 93.9853593796795
Nov. 2012 90.9198368888165 84.3269652888666 94.9706983075191
Dec. 2012 90.879192303899 84.9158426314141 96.0786732892433
Jan. 2013 91.2845463756255 85.2413630934291 96.919763368802
Feb. 2013 91.4459406408464 85.5637347525746 98.1663870935655
Mar. 2013 91.8609441873187 85.5467612534944 98.9416718139191
Apr. 2013 92.2892889990764 85.5471456693425 100.025081273868
May. 2013 92.7661160121181 85.5084826165997 101.60691513909
Jun. 2013 93.3795137445311 85.4696907402852 103.069826767645
Jul. 2013 94.057460921927 85.4607687976579 104.834929030151
Aug. 2013 94.7821456593301 85.6147928990225 106.4612005949
Sep. 2013 95.4528670410843 85.7907542341998 107.744293519607
Oct. 2013 96.3024368832829 86.1005750035935 108.857727796374
Nov. 2013 96.8986290821208 86.313187917738 109.349191685116
Dec. 2013 97.7176523590141 86.8363400280168 109.844610408946
Jan. 2014 98.4815450833856 87.2771790411043 110.173781547366
Feb. 2014 99.2109576710822 87.4625623938334 110.462897341368
Mar. 2014 99.8009731755377 87.5840345529614 110.74223031692
Apr. 2014 100.114568684579 87.9519018124314 111.021538328822
May. 2014 100.55189746212 88.1881072524269 111.584054418012
Jun. 2014 100.718207142082 88.4178919079917 112.023833821377
Jul. 2014 101.027162537357 88.7793339182986 112.447315640447
Aug. 2014 101.067133243672 88.9157610216161 113.428412426942
Sep. 2014 101.296700325859 89.0092720806179 114.196198731302
Oct. 2014 101.826086264117 88.9160723142946 114.882798926843
Nov. 2014 102.239324911479 89.0666351538126 115.181880710229
Dec. 2014 102.428143297858 89.2804769966557 115.93365182051
Jan. 2015 102.375794913822 89.2906622345613 116.643952613929
Feb. 2015 102.70766108813 88.7414688082529 117.128476336761
Mar. 2015 102.628977932012 88.6800322945005 117.451385050889
Apr. 2015 102.806272436727 88.5540796995926 118.068622358536
May. 2015 103.027363066962 88.5463698587371 119.07864898974
Jun. 2015 103.13216227526 88.3626518502831 119.590347196863
Jul. 2015 103.643066952869 88.5234713893725 120.251892359014
Aug. 2015 104.266835241574 88.9756451404879 120.8849430729
Sep. 2015 104.838918070597 89.2584958823671 121.536147014075
Oct. 2015 105.258644358492 89.7359948849561 122.308080140395
Nov. 2015 105.662958775507 89.6606941042896 122.983694804734
Dec. 2015 106.083348247656 89.5824102283074 123.336092500454
Jan. 2016 106.496220934569 89.8313039542387 123.802943337056
Feb. 2016 106.884496116421 89.6873605000618 124.263220984549
Mar. 2016 107.222066357637 89.6226049354991 124.615363401288
Apr. 2016 107.560745298716 89.6170104783142 124.616017270915
May. 2016 107.757471382986 89.346696827854 125.395779885918
Jun. 2016 108.164074079262 89.7538786577248 126.091463798283
Jul. 2016 108.243335899069 90.0160842474628 126.530838708963
Aug. 2016 108.177316876066 90.0537221975683 126.742010283735
Sep. 2016 108.012628415532 90.2991371789381 127.074474824587
Oct. 2016 108.100896934439 90.570766863928 127.413534753623
Nov. 2016 108.419572391428 90.7813299452048 127.080074360149
Dec. 2016 109.119403964169 90.966548907443 127.030240133158
Jan. 2017 109.728395602928 91.304460570059 127.119807204986
Feb. 2017 110.275828323902 90.7154692493345 127.598051200324
Mar. 2017 110.785209845575 90.6201943969559 127.998286783029
Apr. 2017 111.418807316873 90.487085942716 128.241199289595
May. 2017 111.898446467338 90.739915367909 128.46698044043
Jun. 2017 112.025680206459 91.1922138929574 129.128209458596
Jul. 2017 112.4796960364 91.4375641782916 129.639709615518
Aug. 2017 113.068813715133 91.6419709828407 130.138560844705
Sep. 2017 113.600510445312 91.8977677358028 130.588608873722
Oct. 2017 114.022366094331 92.1523537812951 131.024247555064
Nov. 2017 114.204563153767 92.4412930477274 131.62128069268
Dec. 2017 114.299790589905 92.804685559018 132.182485277523
Jan. 2018 114.567101187053 93.0458836997761 132.785980203853
Feb. 2018 114.928635398558 93.2008229945123 133.134844770376
Mar. 2018 115.49735969438 93.4525335127265 133.582496856842
Apr. 2018 115.965632456127 93.4541242157158 133.84983045754
May. 2018 116.438167278753 93.516312596116 134.340556287253
Jun. 2018 116.347899458368 93.3302134940488 133.965754723051
Jul. 2018 116.760986346645 93.4633088450761 134.549730851199
Aug. 2018 116.940037901912 93.7140692932886 135.195061486838
Sep. 2018 116.917399303991 93.8950426162627 135.600906343723
Oct. 2018 116.775914670875 94.0187677597283 135.488234656691
Nov. 2018 116.46394291082 94.0795538400939 135.357077545157
Dec. 2018 115.966410767623 93.9086236994653 135.473261740164
Jan. 2019 115.937855294975 93.9963516021767 135.384417791141
Feb. 2019 115.500424144786 94.056460990714 134.857129698158
Mar. 2019 115.030189273117 94.0524474927318 134.430415111528
Apr. 2019 114.60638987873 94.0898578013388 133.972381914487
May. 2019 114.262836751021 94.2403365269129 133.574575537587
Jun. 2019 114.098722198776 94.4371392976468 133.024981485622
Jul. 2019 113.91445181342 94.5350983219258 132.795097389986
Aug. 2019 113.751908158249 94.5972510707911 133.249725120108
Sep. 2019 113.634428040896 94.7170819209508 133.568791694489
Oct. 2019 113.969176669178 94.8898135673383 134.308323844407
Nov. 2019 113.899133383981 94.7610863072753 135.186992882628
Dec. 2019 114.129690482025 94.9661400773008 135.754697296351
Jan. 2020 114.120885220018 94.9579843750582 135.775049091554
Feb. 2020 114.265345019633 94.919951267889 135.688957501009
Mar. 2020 114.590078357696 94.8263232514985 135.910989662404
Apr. 2020 114.490486029389 94.9719556406929 136.824821518204
May. 2020 114.261325030723 94.5121580799604 135.83138418045
Jun. 2020 114.135413152443 94.2353797478496 135.215757098087
Jul. 2020 114.433264349653 94.1534253097984 134.829343732109
Aug. 2020 115.119353456528 94.0902656759311 135.462074847537
Sep. 2020 116.614374674304 95.1112592566344 136.896609469364
Oct. 2020 118.577066338606 96.0036872170743 138.437061056373
Nov. 2020 120.69285108024 97.1896722116188 140.391368902697
Dec. 2020 122.484240038059 98.3456956418662 141.64095531291
Jan. 2021 124.229985981521 99.1920373701851 143.137201937737
Feb. 2021 125.779396453721 100.07515425698 144.680370875979
Mar. 2021 126.929585288109 100.808242191486 145.810049191957
Apr. 2021 128.132938790012 101.379140825826 147.273255751027
May. 2021 129.738865769678 102.111478857773 149.214526745459
Jun. 2021 131.745296152553 102.845589942616 151.135660613556
Jul. 2021 133.199481553055 103.467202670078 153.625564450228
Aug. 2021 134.3795162965 104.14967386174 155.554294210968
Sep. 2021 134.843017756484 104.27986739667 156.629471080395
Oct. 2021 135.196184360958 104.52901480936 157.7495650084
Nov. 2021 136.128810231483 104.192636785857 159.323653681714
Dec. 2021 137.346901034004 104.781061316689 160.728401463263
Jan. 2022 138.434784224802 105.44436924869 162.287405487952
Feb. 2022 141.231332202969 106.074183307069 164.868158107723
Mar. 2022 143.686185340943 106.977422974195 168.000190488897
Apr. 2022 145.623769701564 107.901974440975 170.619894062752
May. 2022 147.001957815886 108.310809603743 171.814000901852
Jun. 2022 147.222115286749 108.308813613419 172.516862087903
Jul. 2022 146.846934118357 107.880980911618 170.612212264484
Aug. 2022 145.475187605775 107.1927448113 167.786033139166
Sep. 2022 143.696574569864 106.82639171748 164.382944792372
Oct. 2022 142.155747527417 105.350889702466 162.018366124837
Nov. 2022 140.117664993457 104.755051185915 159.028875107305
Dec. 2022 138.566027823458 104.112902256707 156.443580347896
Jan. 2023 135.832586037039 103.536112775306 154.13313304664
Feb. 2023 134.18007043544 102.85587143542 152.031983169561
Mar. 2023 132.874783789956 101.942974095654 149.369781130244
Apr. 2023 131.966563437452 101.862350553376 147.823036928213
May. 2023 131.412657536802 101.872544132718 146.224359142049
Jun. 2023 131.244027370219 102.094393881915 145.804928548472
Jul. 2023 131.952438855032 102.704575163134 147.147374099182
Aug. 2023 132.9516459799 103.225351889037 149.222965354825

Note: The data are seasonally adjusted. Percentiles are based on 19 large metropolitan statistical areas.

Source: For house prices, Zillow, Inc., Real Estate Data; for rent data, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Figure 1.20. Farmland prices stayed near historical highs

2022 dollars per acre

Year Midwest index United States
1967 2905.35469  
1968 3047.404571  
1969 2988.372412  
1970 2858.431564  
1971 2671.737261  
1972 2675.94041  
1973 2877.904687  
1974 3474.605873  
1975 3870.838019  
1976 4547.409767  
1977 5457.355434  
1978 5698.989481  
1979 5783.039843  
1980 5787.503559  
1981 5505.661776  
1982 5017.253022  
1983 4259.517449  
1984 3743.901391  
1985 2669.788496  
1986 2120.424855  
1987 1803.959248  
1988 1976.048887  
1989 2162.131276  
1990 2170.642615  
1991 2123.431927  
1992 2129.840276  
1993 2132.099871  
1994 2585.524755  
1995 2494.933656  
1996 2664.333533  
1997 2451.878237 2315.015574
1998 2591.421515 2405.403098
1999 2616.360107 2459.174587
2000 2581.674163 2481.039055
2001 2563.284034 2495.711226
2002 2601.937381 2586.659794
2003 2636.126427 2639.873641
2004 2755.041967 2710.689708
2005 3183.313825 3086.966968
2006 3433.33306 3469.684748
2007 3804.599164 3570.438643
2008 4245.393009 3751.891078
2009 4034.643108 3641.211702
2010 4249.587084 3622.833995
2011 4932.015016 3876.816733
2012 5775.696571 4269.648494
2013 6613.272705 4785.770551
2014 7114.65293 5055.806033
2015 6831.782164 5062.035407
2016 6510.570247 4925.532583
2017 6309.819243 4810.801094
2018 6157.384777 4719.565849
2019 6042.621988 4692.757398
2020 5912.941136 4634.763556
2021 6181.428783 4773.002503
2022 6741.775849 5050
2023 7076.262464 5248.913365

Note: The data for the U.S. begin in 1997. Midwest index is a weighted average of Corn Belt and Great Plains states derived from staff calculations. Values are given in real terms. The value for 2023 is based on monthly data through July 2023. The median value is 3433.33 2022 dollars per acre.

Source: Department of Agriculture; Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis staff calculations.

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Figure 1.21. Farmland prices grew faster than rents

Ratio

Year Midwest index United States
1967 14.13418315  
1968 14.19879016  
1969 14.19528763  
1970 13.99434936  
1971 13.50686423  
1972 13.4008375  
1973 14.17058401  
1974 14.52808886  
1975 14.60469881  
1976 16.1613832  
1977 18.02016694  
1978 19.56115904  
1979 20.57529648  
1980 21.54630274  
1981 21.24967971  
1982 19.55679439  
1983 17.41888327  
1984 15.94691892  
1985 12.99502491  
1986 11.89889043  
1987 11.72150084  
1988 12.5228119  
1989 13.29508303  
1990 13.40922896  
1991 13.50559036  
1992 13.73775651  
1993 13.88773898  
1994 17.97416274  
1995 17.34956535  
1996 18.36206647  
1997 16.6669417  
1998 17.46987848 20.15037594
1999 18.1991863 20.74074074
2000 17.83993333 20.85714286
2001 17.9534721 21.26760563
2002 18.17789453 22.20670391
2003 18.63356997 22.73972603
2004 19.44520488 22.87581699
2005 22.49879125 26.41025641
2006 24.60507286 30.06289308
2007 25.78446123 32.64516129
2008 26.32248824 32.28070175
2009 24.43030238 26.96969697
2010 25.43891798 26.47058824
2011 27.83627176 26.84684685
2012 28.47719386 26.8
2013 30.44885464 28.01470588
2014 32.18539376 29.0070922
2015 31.64414073 28.47222222
2016 32.1020429 29.70588235
2017 32.28286079 29.63235294
2018 31.88732337 29.34782609
2019 32.04525701 29.28571429
2020 31.89708625 29.49640288
2021 33.8072955 31.34751773
2022 37.07418013 34.12162162
2023 38.31561184 35.22580645

Note: The data for the U.S. begin in 1998. Midwest index is a weighted average of Corn Belt and Great Plains states derived from staff calculations. The value for 2023 is based on monthly data through July

Source: Department of Agriculture; Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis staff calculations.

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Figure 2.1. The total debt of businesses and households relative to GDP declined further

Ratio

Quarter Private Nonfinancial-Sector Credit-to-GDP Ratio
1980 Q1 0.975766728008253
1980 Q2 0.985325765223683
1980 Q3 0.984688513812265
1980 Q4 0.969626438215716
1981 Q1 0.944681944788532
1981 Q2 0.961631376378168
1981 Q3 0.955814389275132
1981 Q4 0.970801793942852
1982 Q1 0.991095812176152
1982 Q2 0.993608589748053
1982 Q3 0.997284870550114
1982 Q4 1.00086258556423
1983 Q1 0.997894865943094
1983 Q2 0.991625517484956
1983 Q3 0.988465184259154
1983 Q4 0.989755464586716
1984 Q1 0.994025926970303
1984 Q2 1.00482367198133
1984 Q3 1.01626859276489
1984 Q4 1.03609525349935
1985 Q1 1.05351442306783
1985 Q2 1.06794427885996
1985 Q3 1.07687062904782
1985 Q4 1.1029861204556
1986 Q1 1.11363022289344
1986 Q2 1.13202708708259
1986 Q3 1.15008087603515
1986 Q4 1.17162108515774
1987 Q1 1.17621632999842
1987 Q2 1.18304904539175
1987 Q3 1.1912362538655
1987 Q4 1.18488500585264
1988 Q1 1.19844139164248
1988 Q2 1.20050304082669
1988 Q3 1.20515159000802
1988 Q4 1.20659434033724
1989 Q1 1.20601721604869
1989 Q2 1.21034740006304
1989 Q3 1.21236461578845
1989 Q4 1.2244236665375
1990 Q1 1.2233604264886
1990 Q2 1.2215821804864
1990 Q3 1.2234367550019
1990 Q4 1.23698089490407
1991 Q1 1.23617513849633
1991 Q2 1.22681986308815
1991 Q3 1.21115586574598
1991 Q4 1.20512966634422
1992 Q1 1.19488387896344
1992 Q2 1.17972950021504
1992 Q3 1.1707594491613
1992 Q4 1.15888554115426
1993 Q1 1.15931458977609
1993 Q2 1.15976997297229
1993 Q3 1.16300755961336
1993 Q4 1.15736088231411
1994 Q1 1.15952578906332
1994 Q2 1.15576276357537
1994 Q3 1.15927500400692
1994 Q4 1.16080156796089
1995 Q1 1.16952512725847
1995 Q2 1.18103568699473
1995 Q3 1.18368840803709
1995 Q4 1.18745048301814
1996 Q1 1.19431431887376
1996 Q2 1.19043352039876
1996 Q3 1.19241083463036
1996 Q4 1.18839602211732
1997 Q1 1.19319510370809
1997 Q2 1.19167514299214
1997 Q3 1.19727876236188
1997 Q4 1.20305440155822
1998 Q1 1.2179466936146
1998 Q2 1.23598707158401
1998 Q3 1.239569867528
1998 Q4 1.24507297241842
1999 Q1 1.26188528256692
1999 Q2 1.27313181212675
1999 Q3 1.28736889397815
1999 Q4 1.28712540159668
2000 Q1 1.30697041114741
2000 Q2 1.30457496887112
2000 Q3 1.32155417169623
2000 Q4 1.32765167485902
2001 Q1 1.33887829217904
2001 Q2 1.35168581941693
2001 Q3 1.38154693046437
2001 Q4 1.38801647020088
2002 Q1 1.39485074419252
2002 Q2 1.39799062407577
2002 Q3 1.40681661756512
2002 Q4 1.42191251350526
2003 Q1 1.42967035730481
2003 Q2 1.44496801224387
2003 Q3 1.43845604987918
2003 Q4 1.43633120102777
2004 Q1 1.44978780045737
2004 Q2 1.45637971024902
2004 Q3 1.46467479437937
2004 Q4 1.4749938813211
2005 Q1 1.4770211930711
2005 Q2 1.49616255358032
2005 Q3 1.50570029983317
2005 Q4 1.52176557789118
2006 Q1 1.53525651584363
2006 Q2 1.55925193609969
2006 Q3 1.57740096961916
2006 Q4 1.59501287789646
2007 Q1 1.60724239783321
2007 Q2 1.62859349085778
2007 Q3 1.6467355350139
2007 Q4 1.66019264076295
2008 Q1 1.68544595607749
2008 Q2 1.67825123080304
2008 Q3 1.68968975700985
2008 Q4 1.70544417868063
2009 Q1 1.71628433205353
2009 Q2 1.71453955696159
2009 Q3 1.69392593835288
2009 Q4 1.6539495711253
2010 Q1 1.63610349342109
2010 Q2 1.60381251429805
2010 Q3 1.58272104143239
2010 Q4 1.55907714399593
2011 Q1 1.55562921491184
2011 Q2 1.53638400006582
2011 Q3 1.52867063999264
2011 Q4 1.5145557839952
2012 Q1 1.49786813642956
2012 Q2 1.48969461869062
2012 Q3 1.48798682511965
2012 Q4 1.48777598184309
2013 Q1 1.47388397620906
2013 Q2 1.47573793448344
2013 Q3 1.46831590581437
2013 Q4 1.46391404057895
2014 Q1 1.47753663883006
2014 Q2 1.46295266697369
2014 Q3 1.44635234956551
2014 Q4 1.45385435158029
2015 Q1 1.45623853456321
2015 Q2 1.45928059106169
2015 Q3 1.46264042101497
2015 Q4 1.46877362506175
2016 Q1 1.48115018012858
2016 Q2 1.48011661365706
2016 Q3 1.48281539704432
2016 Q4 1.47467159617922
2017 Q1 1.48093504156932
2017 Q2 1.4882720465621
2017 Q3 1.48424308731277
2017 Q4 1.4806504318392
2018 Q1 1.47416788592872
2018 Q2 1.48325254002349
2018 Q3 1.48296025766958
2018 Q4 1.48790557851812
2019 Q1 1.49128812825431
2019 Q2 1.48625384181035
2019 Q3 1.48173790679037
2019 Q4 1.47779908950576
2020 Q1 1.53398618193535
2020 Q2 1.7046965915928
2020 Q3 1.57892878854231
2020 Q4 1.56437335109779
2021 Q1 1.54546380925643
2021 Q2 1.54232979892722
2021 Q3 1.5308915327572
2021 Q4 1.50582270580467
2022 Q1 1.51292219030029
2022 Q2 1.5090891410376
2022 Q3 1.50212841963299
2022 Q4 1.49207572361905
2023 Q1 1.48245843592586
2023 Q2 1.47722662946756

Note: The shaded bars with top caps indicate periods of business recession as defined by the National Bureau of Economic Research: January 1980–July 1980, July 1981–November 1982, July 1990–March 1991, March 2001–November 2001, December 2007–June 2009, and February 2020–April 2020. GDP is gross domestic product.

Source: Federal Reserve Board staff calculations based on Bureau of Economic Analysis, national income and product accounts, and Federal Reserve Board, Statistical Release Z.1, “Financial Accounts of the United States.”

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Figure 2.2. Both business and household debt-to-GDP ratios edged down

Ratio

Quarter Nonfinancial business Household
1980 Q1 0.495947082307887 0.479819645700366
1980 Q2 0.501995816043172 0.483329949180511
1980 Q3 0.501133386755671 0.483555127056594
1980 Q4 0.493935637470663 0.475690800745054
1981 Q1 0.483011683608571 0.461670261179961
1981 Q2 0.49526834827284 0.466363028105328
1981 Q3 0.496116523017633 0.4596978662575
1981 Q4 0.505501067111922 0.465300726830931
1982 Q1 0.519232495964025 0.471863316212127
1982 Q2 0.524071630854041 0.469536958894012
1982 Q3 0.531699878977709 0.465584991572405
1982 Q4 0.531243378149576 0.46961920741465
1983 Q1 0.53493235615805 0.462962509785044
1983 Q2 0.529911580486235 0.461713936998721
1983 Q3 0.527420870605628 0.461044313653526
1983 Q4 0.526054719390646 0.463700745196071
1984 Q1 0.530065602982968 0.463960323987335
1984 Q2 0.538377259981729 0.466446411999598
1984 Q3 0.547275019893493 0.468993572871396
1984 Q4 0.559379889508409 0.476715363990945
1985 Q1 0.562135593669093 0.491378829398738
1985 Q2 0.569021024301687 0.498923254558269
1985 Q3 0.569976837187609 0.506893791860213
1985 Q4 0.578743383915822 0.524242736539776
1986 Q1 0.58480656377457 0.52882365911887
1986 Q2 0.596018559667704 0.536008527414891
1986 Q3 0.604431004049987 0.545649871985162
1986 Q4 0.615051827894333 0.556569257263409
1987 Q1 0.619983753183927 0.556232576814489
1987 Q2 0.619848069976863 0.563200975414884
1987 Q3 0.623209483770784 0.568026770094717
1987 Q4 0.622286688043157 0.562598317809486
1988 Q1 0.628112821216343 0.570328570426139
1988 Q2 0.628943421587056 0.571559619239635
1988 Q3 0.630314215757259 0.574837374250757
1988 Q4 0.632365090974013 0.574229249363229
1989 Q1 0.63164910048586 0.574368115562831
1989 Q2 0.633022257785931 0.577325142277107
1989 Q3 0.630811721461223 0.581552894327229
1989 Q4 0.635627693794427 0.588795972743076
1990 Q1 0.631161368508289 0.592199057980306
1990 Q2 0.627652252640424 0.593929927845977
1990 Q3 0.626294654999172 0.597142100002727
1990 Q4 0.630060653820911 0.606920241083159
1991 Q1 0.623077562915294 0.613097575581035
1991 Q2 0.613748114450758 0.613071748637394
1991 Q3 0.600932461931212 0.610223403814766
1991 Q4 0.590048590957995 0.615081075386222
1992 Q1 0.581198132608907 0.61368574635453
1992 Q2 0.570500727657619 0.609228772557425
1992 Q3 0.562440370959826 0.608319078201473
1992 Q4 0.552092465531464 0.606793075622796
1993 Q1 0.550641143664 0.608673446112087
1993 Q2 0.549250771669419 0.610519201302876
1993 Q3 0.548645340417995 0.614362219195368
1993 Q4 0.543809449397739 0.613551432916371
1994 Q1 0.54460181582798 0.614923973235341
1994 Q2 0.54117349813321 0.614589265442158
1994 Q3 0.541963081812695 0.617311922194221
1994 Q4 0.540133794965399 0.62066777299549
1995 Q1 0.544588488955955 0.624936638302517
1995 Q2 0.550085562624547 0.630950124370185
1995 Q3 0.548933929878793 0.634754478158301
1995 Q4 0.550567082821599 0.636883400196537
1996 Q1 0.549667864189065 0.644646454684699
1996 Q2 0.547708655967254 0.642724864431509
1996 Q3 0.548801511374168 0.643609323256194
1996 Q4 0.545123103291847 0.643272918825474
1997 Q1 0.547359181982277 0.645835921725816
1997 Q2 0.54799857961632 0.643676563375818
1997 Q3 0.553000678878006 0.644278083483871
1997 Q4 0.55723281116261 0.645821590395609
1998 Q1 0.567123368010755 0.650823325603847
1998 Q2 0.578872825052435 0.657114246531573
1998 Q3 0.5834429784049 0.656126889123096
1998 Q4 0.586967213546904 0.658105758871512
1999 Q1 0.596959289529757 0.664925993037164
1999 Q2 0.601247610539764 0.67188420158699
1999 Q3 0.612396927475057 0.674971966503094
1999 Q4 0.611588751666765 0.675536649929915
2000 Q1 0.621832002806588 0.685138408340823
2000 Q2 0.623298353194662 0.681276615676463
2000 Q3 0.628733500578834 0.692820671117393
2000 Q4 0.632088521910848 0.695563152948175
2001 Q1 0.63413882654547 0.704739465633566
2001 Q2 0.63829710350033 0.713388715916596
2001 Q3 0.645222881255178 0.736324049209192
2001 Q4 0.64682262921927 0.741193840981608
2002 Q1 0.644278666481198 0.750572077711318
2002 Q2 0.640754133654682 0.75723649042109
2002 Q3 0.637794745831224 0.769021871733898
2002 Q4 0.637212014031093 0.784700499474164
2003 Q1 0.632430232369789 0.797240124935017
2003 Q2 0.626093211863482 0.818874800380385
2003 Q3 0.616903276129022 0.821552773750161
2003 Q4 0.606807849725039 0.829523351302735
2004 Q1 0.610684645136595 0.839103155320773
2004 Q2 0.606268402514197 0.850111307734825
2004 Q3 0.606765357418551 0.857909436960817
2004 Q4 0.605204397402328 0.869789483918771
2005 Q1 0.604738156566713 0.872283036504391
2005 Q2 0.609065659567197 0.887096894013119
2005 Q3 0.608636984861948 0.897063314971221
2005 Q4 0.614542527268421 0.907223050622761
2006 Q1 0.617527773774263 0.917728742069363
2006 Q2 0.625817687290089 0.933434248809606
2006 Q3 0.63099022161776 0.946410748001397
2006 Q4 0.641655365267857 0.953357512628601
2007 Q1 0.65114520608307 0.956097191750135
2007 Q2 0.663788471694579 0.964805019163201
2007 Q3 0.67840302299137 0.968332512022528
2007 Q4 0.689297181159599 0.970895459603353
2008 Q1 0.703440469810094 0.9820054862674
2008 Q2 0.709731952768322 0.968519278034719
2008 Q3 0.717379738061597 0.972310018948253
2008 Q4 0.733591708607126 0.971852470073505
2009 Q1 0.736631015857498 0.979653316196035
2009 Q2 0.732953899094626 0.981585657866959
2009 Q3 0.720271921384644 0.973654016968233
2009 Q4 0.696091643790915 0.957857927334386
2010 Q1 0.689061952872443 0.94704154054865
2010 Q2 0.674589105761188 0.929223408536859
2010 Q3 0.669899899000152 0.91282114243224
2010 Q4 0.657588497161953 0.90148864683398
2011 Q1 0.655468396206013 0.900160818705832
2011 Q2 0.651630376758175 0.884753623307645
2011 Q3 0.652433523691691 0.876237116300947
2011 Q4 0.650463800648632 0.864091983346567
2012 Q1 0.646269153182206 0.851598983247354
2012 Q2 0.647572686440492 0.842121932250126
2012 Q3 0.653644119034966 0.834342706084687
2012 Q4 0.660843307348004 0.82693267449509
2013 Q1 0.656071900673401 0.817812075535663
2013 Q2 0.661060608044134 0.814677326439307
2013 Q3 0.66377501070849 0.804540895105875
2013 Q4 0.661067673319812 0.802846367259133
2014 Q1 0.671356023681719 0.806180615148341
2014 Q2 0.668569720663426 0.794382946310268
2014 Q3 0.668185781489655 0.778166568075853
2014 Q4 0.677463682468127 0.776390669112167
2015 Q1 0.68343040831058 0.772808126252628
2015 Q2 0.68969759161268 0.769582999449009
2015 Q3 0.69440912449802 0.768231296516949
2015 Q4 0.702324425362285 0.766449199699465
2016 Q1 0.713564115772199 0.767586064356381
2016 Q2 0.713931527981795 0.766185085675264
2016 Q3 0.717165346778711 0.765650050265609
2016 Q4 0.712499605146925 0.762171991032291
2017 Q1 0.719053765533387 0.761881276035934
2017 Q2 0.725588200781299 0.762683845780799
2017 Q3 0.726141272899788 0.758101814412981
2017 Q4 0.726890803693631 0.753759628145567
2018 Q1 0.724701507283868 0.749466378644855
2018 Q2 0.737711623275004 0.74554091674849
2018 Q3 0.739074597343203 0.743885660326376
2018 Q4 0.743285966967856 0.74461961155026
2019 Q1 0.748282433587772 0.743005694666538
2019 Q2 0.745041600858555 0.741212240951799
2019 Q3 0.744051082216042 0.737686824574328
2019 Q4 0.740127812535527 0.73767127697023
2020 Q1 0.78334424326929 0.750641938666059
2020 Q2 0.888047256025832 0.816649335566967
2020 Q3 0.817806098031933 0.761122690510374
2020 Q4 0.806031891209163 0.758341459888628
2021 Q1 0.795062960767799 0.75040084848863
2021 Q2 0.784598015435274 0.757731783491945
2021 Q3 0.776658566023806 0.754232966733396
2021 Q4 0.762541055720913 0.743281650083759
2022 Q1 0.769713440938146 0.743208749362143
2022 Q2 0.768365848579836 0.740723292457765
2022 Q3 0.762969087587637 0.73915933204535
2022 Q4 0.757735614854437 0.734340108764615
2023 Q1 0.754909868316456 0.727548567609401
2023 Q2 0.75149011499533 0.725736514472225

Note: The shaded bars with top caps indicate periods of business recession as defined by the National Bureau of Economic Research: January 1980–July 1980, July 1981–November 1982, July 1990–March 1991, March 2001–November 2001, December 2007–June 2009, and February 2020–April 2020. GDP is gross domestic product.

Source: Federal Reserve Board staff calculations based on Bureau of Economic Analysis, national income and product accounts, and Federal Reserve Board, Statistical Release Z.1, “Financial Accounts of the United States.”

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Figure 2.3. Business debt adjusted for inflation continued to decline

Percent change, annual rate

Quarter Growth of agg debt
1997 Q1 5.12016646272322
1997 Q2 5.86117492827758
1997 Q3 9.67238717521991
1997 Q4 6.59020717096602
1998 Q1 10.5934549358682
1998 Q2 11.8165820335641
1998 Q3 8.54305867383646
1998 Q4 8.77236992146241
1999 Q1 10.8457330542851
1999 Q2 6.38950600881757
1999 Q3 10.5060352825644
1999 Q4 6.39526047789502
2000 Q1 8.79220034757086
2000 Q2 9.39303028870349
2000 Q3 4.33129483300418
2000 Q4 4.73149097497761
2001 Q1 1.09185332416282
2001 Q2 6.02665566463769
2001 Q3 3.26889923828059
2001 Q4 1.42348971400102
2002 Q1 1.79556803588041
2002 Q2 -0.553585683246536
2002 Q3 -0.446438116727762
2002 Q4 1.02768448757052
2003 Q1 -0.189032141988931
2003 Q2 -0.612568642127829
2003 Q3 1.14137558335046
2003 Q4 -2.134897630801
2004 Q1 4.18410670590771
2004 Q2 1.12327363852098
2004 Q3 5.2590510859929
2004 Q4 3.99751025853957
2005 Q1 4.50667746543947
2005 Q2 5.78306113593489
2005 Q3 4.96342705289778
2005 Q4 6.78715539360462
2006 Q1 7.82181841338169
2006 Q2 6.77903388177421
2006 Q3 4.57511494643684
2006 Q4 10.0070518441579
2007 Q1 7.96671146948124
2007 Q2 11.4642970337455
2007 Q3 11.4607883043968
2007 Q4 7.89215029198024
2008 Q1 5.89471723474262
2008 Q2 6.32778276548106
2008 Q3 3.43122217835883
2008 Q4 1.45473881930786
2009 Q1 -3.47758000275227
2009 Q2 -4.82525695811473
2009 Q3 -6.36872217650443
2009 Q4 -6.78062121914918
2010 Q1 -3.98396060145345
2010 Q2 -3.66864750242157
2010 Q3 0.977300589762967
2010 Q4 -0.494841209612925
2011 Q1 -1.87666813117102
2011 Q2 0.732309100910195
2011 Q3 1.05729668167175
2011 Q4 2.39249692300236
2012 Q1 0.869169473950373
2012 Q2 2.67215995805891
2012 Q3 5.46866098267497
2012 Q4 6.15247294492256
2013 Q1 1.06614443592764
2013 Q2 3.81944725174125
2013 Q3 5.53862797901703
2013 Q4 2.44889000306508
2014 Q1 5.01421432470577
2014 Q2 3.81746773600739
2014 Q3 4.93839478411692
2014 Q4 6.69789229788637
2015 Q1 6.62969970071728
2015 Q2 6.80642065263491
2015 Q3 4.22759391148699
2015 Q4 5.19619600531902
2016 Q1 6.74649806938047
2016 Q2 2.06188233816638
2016 Q3 3.84964093372663
2016 Q4 0.223810767496204
2017 Q1 3.90938643261322
2017 Q2 5.43934474536784
2017 Q3 4.28757978534315
2017 Q4 3.42028439101105
2018 Q1 1.98786895872101
2018 Q2 1.15486258112403
2018 Q3 3.58160930359847
2018 Q4 2.74577612249439
2019 Q1 5.08271790641363
2019 Q2 1.80808354013193
2019 Q3 3.9700549630497
2019 Q4 0.804468864933157
2020 Q1 17.7201596742404
2020 Q2 16.9682262664654
2020 Q3 -2.67962237546356
2020 Q4 -0.4196473357312
2021 Q1 1.68653658792244
2021 Q2 -3.46562912252107
2021 Q3 0.291025045926368
2021 Q4 1.94306586001795
2022 Q1 2.53927129751154
2022 Q2 2.64025976306249
2022 Q3 -0.389823116010104
2022 Q4 -0.754855459866471
2023 Q1 -0.166196228524256
2023 Q2 -1.74654071916465

Note: Nominal debt growth is seasonally adjusted and is translated into real terms after subtracting the growth rate of the price deflator for the core personal consumption expenditures price index.

Source: Federal Reserve Board, Statistical Release Z.1, “Financial Accounts of the United States.”

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Figure 2.4. Net issuance of risky debt remained subdued

Billions of dollars

Quarter Institutional leveraged loans High-yield and unrated bonds
2004 Q2 15.5699920654297 -12.7997829915
2004 Q3 6.33000183105469 -4.7444686799
2004 Q4 20.8800048828125 -13.2517237499027
2005 Q1 10.5 2.97369487239999
2005 Q2 16.8999938964844 -6.410706469
2005 Q3 7.27999877929688 -12.991040792
2005 Q4 20.6100006103516 2.72848883801281
2006 Q1 27.1599884033203 -13.66462260049
2006 Q2 40.1400146484375 12.5665759
2006 Q3 17.8599853515625 -5.58880446140401
2006 Q4 66.3000183105469 30.5087983381185
2007 Q1 40.6799926757813 0.19438353519999
2007 Q2 54.3099975585938 23.3461726256
2007 Q3 25.7200012207031 -7.04300563787999
2007 Q4 36.0599975585938 -10.4225790406
2008 Q1 2.21002197265625 -20.137899142
2008 Q2 26.219970703125 3.03224333508
2008 Q3 6.60003662109375 -0.411358803119998
2008 Q4 4.79998779296875 -23.875024039
2009 Q1 -11.8200073242188 -26.2652457618
2009 Q2 -15.530029296875 1.71022144920001
2009 Q3 -13.2599487304688 -9.7909206677
2009 Q4 -24.9800415039063 -9.411476421
2010 Q1 -17.8499755859375 3.29614121840999
2010 Q2 -9.71002197265625 13.21006038522
2010 Q3 11.760009765625 14.20725090757
2010 Q4 -15.3399963378906 25.00720073417
2011 Q1 -4.489990234375 0.460114469560007
2011 Q2 25.4899597167969 16.39558409807
2011 Q3 -5.50994873046875 -7.89381352476999
2011 Q4 3.90997314453125 3.67994934657
2012 Q1 -6.47000122070313 23.11510888568
2012 Q2 18.4499816894531 -13.41272508643
2012 Q3 -4.3800048828125 38.551299447
2012 Q4 25.9600219726563 21.514433235054
2013 Q1 11.2999877929688 23.0538808032
2013 Q2 31.3099975585938 18.40314829777
2013 Q3 45.1600341796875 25.86382232293
2013 Q4 43.5399780273438 24.45471547174
2014 Q1 29.4400024414063 16.13022019701
2014 Q2 45.6199951171875 15.23672500528
2014 Q3 48.4199829101563 32.9089474055
2014 Q4 26.1800537109375 3.99893349067398
2015 Q1 6.4599609375 32.918568314
2015 Q2 -3.1099853515625 4.34897208902001
2015 Q3 8.58001708984375 -0.700200462000011
2015 Q4 28.7999877929688 -13.22171942203
2016 Q1 9.0899658203125 -0.651168015490006
2016 Q2 4.99005126953125 2.29576331970999
2016 Q3 -12.8800048828125 -3.45722012689998
2016 Q4 7.19000244140625 -44.46532816503
2017 Q1 -4.239990234375 9.0480177782
2017 Q2 49.0099487304688 -10.65872364711
2017 Q3 13.030029296875 -2.19109402510999
2017 Q4 16.8099975585938 -4.00290545473999
2018 Q1 24.22998046875 16.272991855113
2018 Q2 62.2099609375 -8.70022443242
2018 Q3 46.6800537109375 10.88415573089
2018 Q4 48.550048828125 -20.50815190214
2019 Q1 45.5299072265625 13.27410395774
2019 Q2 9.2000732421875 19.044675168757
2019 Q3 -11.330078125 11.01588355029
2019 Q4 13.090087890625 9.09712617657
2020 Q1 3.0899658203125 5.45498237497001
2020 Q2 -11.4200439453125 92.61695992529
2020 Q3 14.320068359375 8.47445658297999
2020 Q4 -6.1700439453125 -8.23948369120002
2021 Q1 13.6500244140625 24.03772296717
2021 Q2 51.3399658203125 32.45654138325
2021 Q3 41.239990234375 15.58302734896
2021 Q4 41.81005859375 2.68470644672999
2022 Q1 49.2999267578125 -11.60610530992
2022 Q2 24.010009765625 -10.71569321956
2022 Q3 16.0400390625 -18.48660499021
2022 Q4 -17.260009765625 -17.91920088531
2023 Q1 -14.530029296875 3.79696356938
2023 Q2 -4.77001953125 -0.668577504149998
2023 Q3 14.10009765625 -0.398376391980001

Note: The data begin in 2004:Q2. Institutional leveraged loans generally exclude loan commitments held by banks. The key identifies bars in order from top to bottom (except for some bars with at least one negative value).

Source: Mergent, Inc., Fixed Income Securities Database; PitchBook Data, Leveraged Commentary & Data.

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Figure 2.5. Gross leverage of large businesses remained at high levels by historical standards

Percent

Quarter 75th percentile All firms
2000 Q1 48.1541093469476 30.3556691738926
2000 Q2 47.8512910274851 29.6119850167806
2000 Q3 47.4916752996759 29.0144310892762
2000 Q4 46.987233134119 29.1834881147439
2001 Q1 47.4697237151702 29.188143278166
2001 Q2 47.4566357928043 29.3773764649886
2001 Q3 47.3327987583499 29.3654676395939
2001 Q4 47.1406803493913 29.9949963145334
2002 Q1 46.0388334437923 30.6139690202328
2002 Q2 44.2756575730122 29.6704803240435
2002 Q3 44.0028427359103 29.4531561485676
2002 Q4 44.3929589445118 29.1851660922912
2003 Q1 42.8304982552851 28.9742796306472
2003 Q2 42.1814051044141 28.1520345968104
2003 Q3 41.7239663860221 27.7946841364473
2003 Q4 41.5117350218286 26.7331685351882
2004 Q1 39.4611769102911 26.328901532068
2004 Q2 38.9295298728731 25.7181280812211
2004 Q3 38.6766403958058 25.402650205434
2004 Q4 39.1666128317714 25.1530648485185
2005 Q1 37.7650381027056 24.9443526381839
2005 Q2 37.7659268377245 24.8183810591289
2005 Q3 37.4814478918035 24.1394223972239
2005 Q4 38.3413203621397 24.1878033195235
2006 Q1 37.4089969135364 24.4663519447606
2006 Q2 37.7494310791866 24.3599767855927
2006 Q3 37.6936147426923 24.3801774197625
2006 Q4 38.5743531903771 24.7120547650403
2007 Q1 37.9848455164371 24.9438695277017
2007 Q2 38.6841608823054 25.1796106403442
2007 Q3 38.705516034687 25.5830892417335
2007 Q4 38.9335972021326 25.8489597714632
2008 Q1 39.0800120932142 26.0735883963531
2008 Q2 38.9883943871761 26.1898077910348
2008 Q3 40.0301570510571 27.1855678786001
2008 Q4 42.6324740395116 28.7709317601094
2009 Q1 41.5219891233024 28.7044568963348
2009 Q2 39.8994417234298 27.9445902322492
2009 Q3 38.4629290894534 26.9740801049037
2009 Q4 38.7391984971353 26.7633017155249
2010 Q1 37.0714720373243 26.3442590621418
2010 Q2 36.692747160812 26.2198550180156
2010 Q3 36.2554627747218 26.2127022515447
2010 Q4 36.9372224474664 26.0098285723408
2011 Q1 36.0956578872633 25.7805605180767
2011 Q2 35.5998671606649 25.8394371681326
2011 Q3 36.3697337757757 26.1602535252367
2011 Q4 37.7408921142326 26.0867068571411
2012 Q1 36.9710924028517 26.0251272948517
2012 Q2 37.2162434595519 26.5853726542972
2012 Q3 37.4879443178704 26.7032244629106
2012 Q4 38.8133589928573 27.0845499070832
2013 Q1 38.0408713088227 26.9278293787378
2013 Q2 38.2434598229825 27.3571678937017
2013 Q3 38.5027871697802 27.6652480422878
2013 Q4 40.0898933743967 27.9228044853271
2014 Q1 39.2143428614575 28.5223782685081
2014 Q2 40.2756251316033 28.4507622533718
2014 Q3 40.7912324899085 28.6158891298342
2014 Q4 42.1337801696516 29.1935225271103
2015 Q1 42.3546376216443 30.0457708538016
2015 Q2 42.08336808844 30.5706323747146
2015 Q3 42.5319539563197 31.107529599186
2015 Q4 43.8355866031826 32.0421131476938
2016 Q1 43.7882069203809 32.6511709632344
2016 Q2 43.6719156562022 32.8903922476562
2016 Q3 42.9748567244078 32.9725329955741
2016 Q4 43.1012564175281 32.828306552064
2017 Q1 42.6851025413752 33.0975183464852
2017 Q2 42.1884724879684 33.4699894324615
2017 Q3 42.0668661193383 33.2920566803103
2017 Q4 41.9132576363368 32.9340702316226
2018 Q1 41.9422735243289 33.2432214264596
2018 Q2 42.1341972983285 33.0382861145005
2018 Q3 41.6377436826759 32.7641638423741
2018 Q4 42.4549859198893 33.1520934136387
2019 Q1 46.2700331472417 35.2352204024314
2019 Q2 46.5497676601209 35.4075599424365
2019 Q3 47.3806807503245 35.4848722570479
2019 Q4 47.8632300477217 35.454559628247
2020 Q1 49.8701121726862 37.458622986736
2020 Q2 49.1502415828911 37.662338754795
2020 Q3 47.2722532099892 36.7919983364808
2020 Q4 46.6312143600907 36.0922176316381
2021 Q1 45.9135304090273 35.6773005133339
2021 Q2 45.0084623943421 35.1400816666487
2021 Q3 44.2678081606735 34.6057262023283
2021 Q4 44.3394233895819 34.2004373104349
2022 Q1 44.7330420688278 34.0888502282158
2022 Q2 45.4976912152266 34.0272809051104
2022 Q3 45.351082995805 34.0926814217982
2022 Q4 45.4745964933274 34.2154383793044
2023 Q1 45.8299090881175 34.2747126748852
2023 Q2 45.2335804517462 34.1980485525867

Note: Gross leverage is an asset-weighted average of the ratio of firms’ book value of total debt to book value of total assets. The 75th percentile is calculated from a sample of the 2,500 largest firms by assets. The dashed sections of the lines in the first quarter of 2019 reflect the structural break in the series due to the 2019 compliance deadline for Financial Accounting Standards Board rule Accounting Standards Update 2016-02. The accounting standard requires operating leases, previously considered off-balance-sheet activities, to be included in measures of debt and assets.

Source: Federal Reserve Board staff calculations based on S&P Global, Compustat.

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Figure 2.6. Firms’ ability to service their debt, as measured by the interest coverage ratio, continued to decline from post-pandemic highs

Ratio

Quarter Median for all firms Median for all non-investment grade firms
2000 Q1 2.36029256294827 1.58060556464812
2000 Q2 2.32273712851903 1.52961609959379
2000 Q3 2.26505465547531 1.50284810126582
2000 Q4 2.19876889353444 1.43707054969639
2001 Q1 2.12124828419823 1.37048431917428
2001 Q2 2.07647611571932 1.34288430099509
2001 Q3 1.88234486088537 1.24498056994819
2001 Q4 1.77499224906829 1.27961608775137
2002 Q1 1.77796704870869 1.26639708934813
2002 Q2 1.74039747735248 1.28831194087904
2002 Q3 1.84185303514377 1.40299414034586
2002 Q4 2.00299018253853 1.52512842465753
2003 Q1 2.10272768774252 1.59640587664859
2003 Q2 2.11539531273139 1.50416529204672
2003 Q3 2.17983100661279 1.66490765171504
2003 Q4 2.2970912948953 1.6651814911707
2004 Q1 2.5447247706422 1.90385638297872
2004 Q2 2.86702350965575 2.05882062357426
2004 Q3 3.02093183895849 2.22343568747318
2004 Q4 2.98376265247859 2.35119047619048
2005 Q1 3.01307433551452 2.27705223111609
2005 Q2 3.0042760760801 2.22767855814609
2005 Q3 3.05610743193525 2.22572101236021
2005 Q4 3.03043564750348 2.26951785183785
2006 Q1 3.06675963441385 2.31886674537302
2006 Q2 3.01334226251803 2.27101757039795
2006 Q3 2.98084486148963 2.29782608695652
2006 Q4 2.9279820593857 2.26500076463503
2007 Q1 2.91025292233843 2.22857969420328
2007 Q2 2.83819946245 2.20811865434157
2007 Q3 2.70073975124913 2.10897435897436
2007 Q4 2.73405909797823 2.09525234340427
2008 Q1 2.79681694532909 2.16057017228754
2008 Q2 3.00493378242122 2.2490828150397
2008 Q3 2.98423337261839 2.25483476892496
2008 Q4 2.63148670147687 1.93334822797564
2009 Q1 2.70543766578249 1.96036803219457
2009 Q2 2.47078060193555 1.74154734709418
2009 Q3 2.33367768595041 1.58769953971208
2009 Q4 2.28262374991007 1.66845238095238
2010 Q1 2.62028824833703 1.93936170212766
2010 Q2 2.76175952888743 2.10168876026754
2010 Q3 2.94068210550511 2.1921568627451
2010 Q4 3.04279279279279 2.27598491198659
2011 Q1 3.18913905228684 2.47058177366506
2011 Q2 3.37037037037037 2.56389758497317
2011 Q3 3.520922854775 2.61811105869668
2011 Q4 3.46009157838032 2.58849628395695
2012 Q1 3.39739663093415 2.51598818543727
2012 Q2 3.43083611452661 2.58644628350777
2012 Q3 3.28881909547739 2.39971588480825
2012 Q4 3.10065163102856 2.37340249586528
2013 Q1 3.19366550289704 2.33195364238411
2013 Q2 3.25635593220339 2.28190586904612
2013 Q3 3.27199461804602 2.23245614035088
2013 Q4 3.17006070563659 2.21171950048031
2014 Q1 3.2120085995086 2.20393039607466
2014 Q2 3.41990599929472 2.39107777291001
2014 Q3 3.47 2.41812799421495
2014 Q4 3.36951428471518 2.32258560910387
2015 Q1 3.35083120204604 2.20103281682737
2015 Q2 3.30121326803206 2.19806454445584
2015 Q3 3.31188118811881 2.2053190769439
2015 Q4 3.11452966121016 2.12054571828731
2016 Q1 2.93258966154367 2.04246323529412
2016 Q2 2.91235177063028 1.97552849264706
2016 Q3 2.94997205905748 2.09628008752735
2016 Q4 3.00336932063006 2.018533638145
2017 Q1 3.04163662123459 2.12527352297593
2017 Q2 3.10846470913186 2.24376731301939
2017 Q3 3.07336891579702 2.29034025671746
2017 Q4 3.08326913199795 2.29038992254963
2018 Q1 3.0566298784389 2.2398590465999
2018 Q2 3.08823529411765 2.33874458874459
2018 Q3 3.17361111111111 2.36029829416486
2018 Q4 3.06911126342244 2.32048649043273
2019 Q1 2.96531556810022 2.21296296296296
2019 Q2 2.89502119520265 2.04147952224108
2019 Q3 2.79617434623348 2.06540078742552
2019 Q4 2.65115217946689 2.01321640178641
2020 Q1 2.48539193848422 1.79347826086957
2020 Q2 2.12503711591428 1.32899453356035
2020 Q3 2.16565969954278 1.22821640307801
2020 Q4 2.05693650095322 1.22835667113561
2021 Q1 2.48204176961368 1.50157871958591
2021 Q2 3.02386363636364 1.89191395070857
2021 Q3 3.30645161290323 2.22851335414678
2021 Q4 3.20035588404179 2.18882328337981
2022 Q1 3.44628270326503 2.22051923156759
2022 Q2 3.40603520271581 2.0419754601227
2022 Q3 3.10882121688642 1.86126431904964
2022 Q4 2.63398203592814 1.69516348773842
2023 Q1 2.5133964975805 1.6392936239655
2023 Q2 2.43139534883721 1.57448619556083

Note: The interest coverage ratio is earnings before interest and taxes divided by interest payments. Firms with leverage less than 5 percent and interest payments less than $500,000 are excluded.

Source: Federal Reserve Board staff calculations based on S&P Global, Compustat.

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Figure 2.7. Default rates on leveraged loans inched up from historically low levels

Percent

Date Default Rate of Leveraged Loans
Dec. 1998 1.51000004261732
Jan. 1999 1.40000004321337
Feb. 1999 0.620000017806888
Mar. 1999 0.960000045597553
Apr. 1999 0.910000037401915
May. 1999 1.08000002801418
Jun. 1999 1.51000004261732
Jul. 1999 1.47000001743436
Aug. 1999 2.5900000706315
Sep. 1999 2.84000001847743
Oct. 1999 2.80000008642674
Nov. 1999 4.23000007867813
Dec. 1999 4.17000018060207
Jan. 2000 5.31999990344048
Feb. 2000 5.64000010490418
Mar. 2000 5.79000003635883
Apr. 2000 7.38999992609024
May. 2000 7.12999999523163
Jun. 2000 7.50000029802322
Jul. 2000 7.38999992609024
Aug. 2000 6.6600002348423
Sep. 2000 6.59999996423721
Oct. 2000 6.74000009894371
Nov. 2000 5.799999833107
Dec. 2000 6.5700002014637
Jan. 2001 5.8899998664856
Feb. 2001 5.64999990165234
Mar. 2001 5.48000000417233
Apr. 2001 4.7800000756979
May. 2001 6.41999989748001
Jun. 2001 6.27999976277351
Jul. 2001 6.81999996304512
Aug. 2001 6.8000003695488
Sep. 2001 6.49999976158142
Oct. 2001 6.71999976038933
Nov. 2001 6.49999976158142
Dec. 2001 6.3000001013279
Jan. 2002 7.24999979138374
Feb. 2002 7.24999979138374
Mar. 2002 6.84999972581863
Apr. 2002 6.94999992847443
May. 2002 5.68999983370304
Jun. 2002 7.41000026464462
Jul. 2002 6.8400003015995
Aug. 2002 6.78000003099442
Sep. 2002 6.40999972820281
Oct. 2002 6.58999979496002
Nov. 2002 6.53000026941299
Dec. 2002 6.01000003516674
Jan. 2003 5.13000003993511
Feb. 2003 5.00999987125397
Mar. 2003 5.46999983489513
Apr. 2003 5.26000000536442
May. 2003 5.35000003874302
Jun. 2003 2.62000001966953
Jul. 2003 2.63999998569489
Aug. 2003 2.66999993473291
Sep. 2003 2.91000008583069
Oct. 2003 2.30000000447035
Nov. 2003 2.280000038445
Dec. 2003 2.25000008940697
Jan. 2004 1.88999995589256
Feb. 2004 1.6100000590086
Mar. 2004 1.10999997705221
Apr. 2004 0.939999986439943
May. 2004 0.680000009015203
Jun. 2004 0.939999986439943
Jul. 2004 0.910000037401915
Aug. 2004 0.879999995231628
Sep. 2004 1.00999996066093
Oct. 2004 1.02000003680587
Nov. 2004 1.02000003680587
Dec. 2004 1.00999996066093
Jan. 2005 1.03000001981854
Feb. 2005 1.37000000104308
Mar. 2005 1.26000000163913
Apr. 2005 1.48000000044703
May. 2005 1.53999999165535
Jun. 2005 1.29000004380941
Jul. 2005 1.46000003442168
Aug. 2005 1.4299999922514
Sep. 2005 1.6499999910593
Oct. 2005 2.55999993532896
Nov. 2005 2.29000002145767
Dec. 2005 3.02000008523464
Jan. 2006 2.96000000089407
Feb. 2006 2.88999993354082
Mar. 2006 2.78999991714954
Apr. 2006 2.47000008821487
May. 2006 2.30000000447035
Jun. 2006 2.280000038445
Jul. 2006 2.08000000566244
Aug. 2006 2.08000000566244
Sep. 2006 1.5599999576807
Oct. 2006 0.989999994635581
Nov. 2006 1.07000004500151
Dec. 2006 0.480000022798777
Jan. 2007 0.44999998062849
Feb. 2007 0.240000011399388
Mar. 2007 0.230000005103648
Apr. 2007 0.219999998807907
May. 2007 0.15999999595806
Jun. 2007 0.150000001303852
Jul. 2007 0.209999992512167
Aug. 2007 0.209999992512167
Sep. 2007 0.419999985024333
Oct. 2007 0.329999998211861
Nov. 2007 0.249999994412065
Dec. 2007 0.240000011399388
Jan. 2008 0.719999987632036
Feb. 2008 0.939999986439943
Mar. 2008 1.07000004500151
Apr. 2008 1.30000002682209
May. 2008 1.73000004142523
Jun. 2008 1.7000000923872
Jul. 2008 1.89999993890524
Aug. 2008 2.03000009059906
Sep. 2008 1.90999992191792
Oct. 2008 1.97000000625849
Nov. 2008 1.94000005722046
Dec. 2008 3.75000014901161
Jan. 2009 4.94999997317790
Feb. 2009 5.24999983608723
Mar. 2009 8.02000015974045
Apr. 2009 8.03000032901763
May. 2009 8.65999981760979
Jun. 2009 9.1499999165535
Jul. 2009 9.57000032067299
Aug. 2009 9.67999994754791
Sep. 2009 9.74999964237213
Oct. 2009 10.7142902910709
Nov. 2009 10.8148016035557
Dec. 2009 9.61000025272369
Jan. 2010 8.82000029087067
Feb. 2010 8.59000012278557
Mar. 2010 5.82000017166138
Apr. 2010 5.64999990165234
May. 2010 4.6399999409914
Jun. 2010 4.01999987661839
Jul. 2010 3.46999987959862
Aug. 2010 3.57000008225440
Sep. 2010 3.55000011622906
Oct. 2010 2.280000038445
Nov. 2010 2.25000008940697
Dec. 2010 1.86999998986721
Jan. 2011 1.46000003442168
Feb. 2011 1.2699999846518
Mar. 2011 1.10999997705221
Apr. 2011 0.94999996945262
May. 2011 0.910000037401915
Jun. 2011 0.910000037401915
Jul. 2011 0.769999995827675
Aug. 2011 0.329999998211861
Sep. 2011 0.31999999191612
Oct. 2011 0.31999999191612
Nov. 2011 0.170000002253801
Dec. 2011 0.170000002253801
Jan. 2012 0.209999992512167
Feb. 2012 0.209999992512167
Mar. 2012 0.209999992512167
Apr. 2012 0.559999980032444
May. 2012 1.0499999858439
Jun. 2012 1.04000000283122
Jul. 2012 1.04000000283122
Aug. 2012 1.07000004500151
Sep. 2012 0.999999977648258
Oct. 2012 1.05999996885657
Nov. 2012 1.27999996766448
Dec. 2012 1.2699999846518
Jan. 2013 1.42000000923871
Feb. 2013 1.40000004321337
Mar. 2013 2.20999997109175
Apr. 2013 1.90999992191792
May. 2013 1.40000004321337
Jun. 2013 1.37000000104308
Jul. 2013 2.01999992132187
Aug. 2013 2.16000005602837
Sep. 2013 2.4100000038743
Oct. 2013 2.30999998748302
Nov. 2013 2.08000000566244
Dec. 2013 2.10999995470046
Jan. 2014 1.87999997287989
Feb. 2014 1.86000000685453
Mar. 2014 1.20999999344349
Apr. 2014 4.6399999409914
May. 2014 4.6000000089407
Jun. 2014 4.41000014543533
Jul. 2014 3.88999991118908
Aug. 2014 3.61000001430511
Sep. 2014 3.33999991416931
Oct. 2014 3.28000001609325
Nov. 2014 3.33000011742115
Dec. 2014 3.24000008404255
Jan. 2015 3.99000011384487
Feb. 2015 3.92000004649162
Mar. 2015 3.79000008106232
Apr. 2015 1.26000000163913
May. 2015 1.26000000163913
Jun. 2015 1.24000003561378
Jul. 2015 1.09999999403954
Aug. 2015 1.30000002682209
Sep. 2015 1.2699999846518
Oct. 2015 1.2699999846518
Nov. 2015 1.42000000923871
Dec. 2015 1.49999996647239
Jan. 2016 1.29000004380941
Feb. 2016 1.41000002622604
Mar. 2016 1.75000000745058
Apr. 2016 1.68999992311001
May. 2016 1.96000002324581
Jun. 2016 1.97000000625849
Jul. 2016 2.17000003904104
Aug. 2016 1.97999998927116
Sep. 2016 1.95000004023314
Oct. 2016 1.95000004023314
Nov. 2016 1.65999997407198
Dec. 2016 1.57999992370605
Jan. 2017 1.5599999576807
Feb. 2017 1.41000002622604
Mar. 2017 1.48999998345971
Apr. 2017 1.4299999922514
May. 2017 1.42000000923871
Jun. 2017 1.53999999165535
Jul. 2017 1.36000001803041
Aug. 2017 1.36000001803041
Sep. 2017 1.53000000864267
Oct. 2017 1.51000004261732
Nov. 2017 1.95000004023314
Dec. 2017 2.05000005662441
Jan. 2018 1.95000004023314
Feb. 2018 1.99999995529652
Mar. 2018 2.41999998688698
Apr. 2018 2.3700000718236
May. 2018 2.11999993771315
Jun. 2018 1.97999998927116
Jul. 2018 1.98999997228384
Aug. 2018 1.98999997228384
Sep. 2018 1.81000009179115
Oct. 2018 1.92000009119511
Nov. 2018 1.6100000590086
Dec. 2018 1.63000002503395
Jan. 2019 1.42000000923871
Feb. 2019 1.62000004202127
Mar. 2019 0.930000003427267
Apr. 2019 1.00999996066093
May. 2019 0.999999977648258
Jun. 2019 1.3399999588728
Jul. 2019 1.31999999284744
Aug. 2019 1.29000004380941
Sep. 2019 1.29000004380941
Oct. 2019 1.4299999922514
Nov. 2019 1.48000000044703
Dec. 2019 1.38999996706843
Jan. 2020 1.83000005781651
Feb. 2020 1.83000005781651
Mar. 2020 1.84000004082918
Apr. 2020 2.3199999704957
May. 2020 3.13999988138676
Jun. 2020 3.22999991476536
Jul. 2020 3.90000008046627
Aug. 2020 4.08000014722347
Sep. 2020 4.17000018060207
Oct. 2020 4.10999990999699
Nov. 2020 3.88999991118908
Dec. 2020 3.83000001311302
Jan. 2021 3.37999984622002
Feb. 2021 3.24999988079071
Mar. 2021 3.15000005066395
Apr. 2021 2.61000003665686
May. 2021 1.73000004142523
Jun. 2021 1.25000001862645
Jul. 2021 0.579999992623925
Aug. 2021 0.469999993219972
Sep. 2021 0.350000010803342
Oct. 2021 0.20000000949949
Nov. 2021 0.289999996311963
Dec. 2021 0.289999996311963
Jan. 2022 0.289999996311963
Feb. 2022 0.19000000320375
Mar. 2022 0.19000000320375
Apr. 2022 0.179999996908009
May. 2022 0.209999992512167
Jun. 2022 0.279999990016222
Jul. 2022 0.279999990016222
Aug. 2022 0.600000005215406
Sep. 2022 0.899999961256981
Oct. 2022 0.82999998703599
Nov. 2022 0.730000017210841
Dec. 2022 0.719999987632036
Jan. 2023 0.82999998703599
Feb. 2023 1.02000003680587
Mar. 2023 1.31999999284744
Apr. 2023 1.31000000983477
May. 2023 1.57999992370605
Jun. 2023 1.71000007539988
Jul. 2023 1.75000000745058
Aug. 2023 1.54999997466803

Note: The data begin in December 1998. The default rate is calculated as the amount in default over the past 12 months divided by the total outstanding volume at the beginning of the 12-month period. The shaded bars with top caps indicate periods of business recession as defined by the National Bureau of Economic Research: March 2001–November 2001, December 2007–June 2009, and February 2020–April 2020.

Source: PitchBook Data, Leveraged Commentary & Data.

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Figure 2.8. New leveraged loans with debt multiples less than 4 continued to rise

Percent

Date Debt multiples ≥ 6x Debt multiples 5x-5.99x Debt multiples 4x­4.99x Debt multiples ≤ 4x
2001 2.70000007003546 10.1000003516674 26.1999994516373 61.1000001430512
2002 5.90000003576279 12.2000001370907 27.3000001907349 54.6000003814697
2003 6.69999998062849 11.5000002086163 29.3000012636185 52.6000022888184
2004 8.79999976605176 17.5999999046326 28.600001335144 44.9999988079071
2005 8.00000037997961 25.0999987125397 25.0999987125397 41.8000012636185
2006 16.2999995052814 21.0999995470046 26.3000011444092 36.3999992609024
2007 27.6999995112419 17.4999997019768 23.7000003457069 31.2000006437302
2008 10.700000077486 12.0999999344349 14.2000004649162 63.0999982357025
2009 17.7000001072884 11.5000002086163 17.7000001072884 53.1000018119812
2010 5.8000001590699 17.9000005125999 22.5999996066093 53.7000000476837
2011 14.4000001251698 19.200000166893 22.5999996066093 43.7999993562698
2012 15.8000003546476 21.7999994754791 26.6000002622604 35.8999997377396
2013 16.4000004529953 23.1000006198883 28.999999165535 31.4999997615814
2014 27.1999999880791 21.5000003576279 22.5999996066093 28.7000000476837
2015 18.7000006437302 26.1999994516373 24.8999997973442 30.3000003099442
2016 21.000000089407 24.4000002741814 32.600000500679 21.8999996781349
2017 22.0000006258488 27.5999993085861 27.5999993085861 22.6999998092651
2018 29.6000003814697 26.8999993801117 24.1999998688698 19.3000003695488
2019 32.8999996185303 23.2999995350838 23.4999999403954 20.2999994158745
2020 28.1999997794628 23.7000003457069 25.4999995231628 22.5999996066093
2021 35.1999998092651 20.8000004291534 23.199999332428 20.8000004291534
2022 36.5000009536743 20.8000004291534 19.3000003695488 23.3999997377396
2023 Q1 25.8000001311302 12.0999999344349 29.3000012636185 32.8000009059906
2023 Q2 18.0000005289912 26.1999994516373 18.0000007152557 37.7000004053116

Note: Volumes are for large corporations with earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization greater than $50 million and exclude existing tranches of add-ons and amendments as well as restatements with no new money. The key identifies bars in order from top to bottom.

Source: Mergent, Inc., Fixed Income Securities Database; PitchBook Data, Leveraged Commentary & Data.

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Figure 2.9. Real household debt edged down

This is a line chart titled “Real household debt edged down”. The x-axis measures time and ranges from the years 1999 to 2023. The y-axis measures trillions of dollars (real) and ranges from 0 to 14. The data is quarterly. There are 3 variables charted on the plot. The first line is labeled 'Prime,' is designated by a black line, and ranges from about 4 to 12 trillion dollars. This variable rises from around 4 to about 10 trillion dollars from 1999 to 2008 and then declines to 8.6 trillion dollars in 2013. After 2013, this variable rises slowly until it reaches around 120 trillion dollars to end in 2023:Q2. The second variable is labeled 'Near prime' and is designated by a blue line. It ranges from around 2.6 to around 4.5 trillion dollars. The variable has a slight increase from 3 to around 4 trillion dollars from 2002 to 2008 but is otherwise stable around 3 trillion dollars through 2023:Q2. The third variable is labeled 'Subprime,' is designated by the red line, and ranges from 1.4 to around 3.5 trillion dollars. There is a slight increase from 1.4 trillion dollars in 1999 to around 2.9 trillion dollars in 2007, and there is a steeper increase to around 3.5 trillions of dollars between 2007 and 2010. Then, the variable decreases to around 2 trillion dollars from 2014 to 2020:Q2. It shows a slight drop to around 1.4 trillion dollars throughout 2021 and 2022 before a slight increase to around 1.6 trillion dollars in 2023:Q2.

Note: Subprime are those with an Equifax Risk Score less than 620; near prime are from 620 to 719; prime are greater than 719. Scores are measured contemporaneously. Student loan balances before 2004 are estimated using average growth from 2004 to 2007, by risk score. The data are converted to constant 2023 dollars using the consumer price index.

Source: Federal Reserve Bank of New York Consumer Credit Panel/Equifax; consumer price index, Bureau of Labor Statistics via Haver Analytics.

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Figure 2.10. A model-based estimate of housing leverage was flat

This is a line chart titled "A model-based estimate of housing leverage was flat.” The x-axis ranges from the years 1999 to 2023. The y-axis ranges from 60 to 180 and measures indexed ratios of outstanding mortgage debt to home values (with 100 being the ratio in 1999:Q1). The data is quarterly, ending in the second quarter of 2023. There are two variables charted on the plot. The first line is labeled 'Relative to model-implied values' and is designated by the black line. It ranges from 100 to 135. The variable starts at 100 in 1999 and increases to around 135 in 2008 before decreasing to about 106 in 2023:Q2. The second line is labeled 'Relative to market value' and is designated by the blue line. The variable also starts at 100 in 1999 and hovers between 93 and 100 until 2006. It then rises to around 136 in the years 2009-2012 before decreasing to around 78 in 2022:Q3 and finally rising again to over 80 at the end of the sample in 2023:Q2. There is also a horizontal dashed line marked at 100.

Note: Housing leverage is estimated as the ratio of the average outstanding mortgage loan balance for owner-occupied homes with a mortgage to (1) current home values using the Zillow national house price index and (2) model-implied house prices estimated by a staff model based on rents, interest rates, and a time trend.

Source: Federal Reserve Bank of New York Consumer Credit Panel/Equifax; Zillow, Inc., Real Estate Data; Bureau of Labor Statistics via Haver Analytics.

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Figure 2.11. Mortgage delinquency rates remained near historically low levels

This is a line chart titled “Mortgage delinquency rates remained near historically low levels.” The x-axis ranges from 2001 to 2023. The data is quarterly. The y-axis ranges from 0 to 10 percent of mortgages. There are two variables plotted. The first variable is “Delinquent”, which is shown as a solid black line. It begins around 3.3 percent in 2001 and stays between 2.9 and 3.5 percent until 2007. It then begins to rise to around 7.4 percent by 2010. It then steadily decreases to around 1.1 percent in 2021 before beginning to rise again to 1.8 percent in 2023:Q2. The second variable is “Delinquent/loss mitigation”, which is shown as a solid blue line. It begins around 5.1 percent in 2001 and stays between 5 and 6 percent until rising in 2008 to about 9 percent. It then gradually fluctuates while decreasing until 2018. In 2019, it spikes to 8 percent then drops to below 4.5 percent in 2021. The variable ends in 2023:Q2 by decreasing slightly to under 4 percent.

Note: Loss mitigation includes tradelines that have a narrative code of forbearance, natural disaster, payment deferral (including partial), loan modification (including federal government plans), or loans with no scheduled payment and a nonzero balance. Delinquent includes loans reported to the credit bureau as at least 30 days past due.

Source: Federal Reserve Bank of New York Consumer Credit Panel/Equifax.

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Figure 2.12. Very few homeowners had negative equity in their homes

Percent of mortgages

Date Negative Equity
Jan. 2011 25.2801477
Feb. 2011 25.14403759
Mar. 2011 24.99349439
Apr. 2011 24.93152259
May. 2011 24.86778766
Jun. 2011 24.80639321
Jul. 2011 24.65477237
Aug. 2011 24.50348051
Sep. 2011 24.35737809
Oct. 2011 24.65101748
Nov. 2011 24.93398222
Dec. 2011 25.22515278
Jan. 2012 24.69410388
Feb. 2012 24.19767741
Mar. 2012 23.66744432
Apr. 2012 23.20889984
May. 2012 22.73714373
Jun. 2012 22.28260234
Jul. 2012 22.1736435
Aug. 2012 22.06436208
Sep. 2012 21.95828597
Oct. 2012 21.83856143
Nov. 2012 21.72327356
Dec. 2012 21.60469997
Jan. 2013 21.11141237
Feb. 2013 20.66698986
Mar. 2013 20.17616238
Apr. 2013 18.42961703
May. 2013 16.62284533
Jun. 2013 14.87236255
Jul. 2013 14.35028271
Aug. 2013 13.83093694
Sep. 2013 13.33092231
Oct. 2013 13.37002764
Nov. 2013 13.40778486
Dec. 2013 13.44668947
Jan. 2014 13.24991987
Feb. 2014 13.07252344
Mar. 2014 12.87645744
Apr. 2014 12.22984772
May. 2014 11.56325433
Jun. 2014 10.91967054
Jul. 2014 10.73988151
Aug. 2014 10.56068372
Sep. 2014 10.3878061
Oct. 2014 10.48872349
Nov. 2014 10.58615501
Dec. 2014 10.68659407
Jan. 2015 10.5436008
Feb. 2015 10.41465931
Mar. 2015 10.27218916
Apr. 2015 9.81089448
May. 2015 9.33545318
Jun. 2015 8.87653133
Jul. 2015 8.70285064
Aug. 2015 8.52963032
Sep. 2015 8.36244321
Oct. 2015 8.36120879
Nov. 2015 8.36002953
Dec. 2015 8.35879671
Jan. 2016 8.27798383
Feb. 2016 8.20246359
Mar. 2016 8.12183901
Apr. 2016 7.77224037
May. 2016 7.41173511
Jun. 2016 7.06350915
Jul. 2016 6.82049908
Aug. 2016 6.57826395
Sep. 2016 6.34457424
Oct. 2016 6.31636698
Nov. 2016 6.2891235
Dec. 2016 6.26101007
Jan. 2017 6.18906946
Feb. 2017 6.12413954
Mar. 2017 6.05234088
Apr. 2017 5.85246608
May. 2017 5.64655486
Jun. 2017 5.44790211
Jul. 2017 5.28244106
Aug. 2017 5.11751836
Sep. 2017 4.9584182
Oct. 2017 4.94112558
Nov. 2017 4.92446662
Dec. 2017 4.907297
Jan. 2018 4.83929693
Feb. 2018 4.77808298
Mar. 2018 4.71050232
Apr. 2018 4.57110609
May. 2018 4.42716126
Jun. 2018 4.28796195
Jul. 2018 4.23688035
Aug. 2018 4.18590957
Sep. 2018 4.13664704
Oct. 2018 4.14557884
Nov. 2018 4.15418155
Dec. 2018 4.16299557
Jan. 2019 4.14798702
Feb. 2019 4.13446997
Mar. 2019 4.11951412
Apr. 2019 4.02813579
May. 2019 3.93386692
Jun. 2019 3.84281944
Jul. 2019 3.80144488
Aug. 2019 3.76017961
Sep. 2019 3.72032491
Oct. 2019 3.66656557
Nov. 2019 3.61460181
Dec. 2019 3.56094814
Jan. 2020 3.51876695
Feb. 2020 3.47933706
Mar. 2020 3.43725928
Apr. 2020 3.3802395
May. 2020 3.32143928
Jun. 2020 3.26465063
Jul. 2020 3.18478851
Aug. 2020 3.10515953
Sep. 2020 3.02830438
Oct. 2020 2.95595441
Nov. 2020 2.88609009
Dec. 2020 2.81408016
Jan. 2021 2.74729514
Feb. 2021 2.68697497
Mar. 2021 2.62021964
Apr. 2021 2.5176659
May. 2021 2.4120494
Jun. 2021 2.3102107
Jul. 2021 2.27230463
Aug. 2021 2.23455257
Sep. 2021 2.19814935
Oct. 2021 2.18375723
Nov. 2021 2.16986283
Dec. 2021 2.15556587
Jan. 2022 2.11821552
Feb. 2022 2.08459919
Mar. 2022 2.047522
Apr. 2022 2.00213866
May. 2022 1.95535125
Jun. 2022 1.91017149
Jul. 2022 1.94063819
Aug. 2022 1.97100697
Sep. 2022 2.00033102
Oct. 2022 2.04170751
Nov. 2022 2.08164013
Dec. 2022 2.1228248
Jan. 2023 2.11851546
Feb. 2023 2.11462949
Mar. 2023 2.11032795
Apr. 2023 2.06517155
May. 2023 2.0185603
Jun. 2023 1.97349418

Note: NA

Source: CoreLogic, Inc., Real Estate Data.

Figure 2.13. New mortgage extensions to nonprime borrowers were subdued

This is a bar graph titled "New mortgage extensions to nonprime borrowers were subdued.” The x-axis ranges from the years 2000 to 2023. The y-axis ranges from 0 to 1600, in billions of real dollars. There are three variables plotted. The first variable is labeled 'Subprime' and is designated by the orange bar. It ranges from around 90 to around 440 billion dollars. It starts at 278 billion dollars in 2000 and increases to around 462 billion dollars between 2001 and 2006. Then it decreases to around 132 billion dollars in 2009 and remains stable between about 100 billion dollars to 150 billion dollars through 2022. The variable ends at 91 billion dollars in 2023. The second variable is labeled 'Near prime' and is designated by the blue bars. It ranges from 278 to 1064 billions of dollars. The variable starts at around 600 billion dollars in 2000 and increases quickly, peaking at just over 1000 billion dollars in 2006 before falling from 2008 through 2012 to around 278 billion dollars. Since then, it has increased and stabilized around 490 billion dollars from 2016 to 2022, before a decline in the final few observations declines to 394 billion dollars in 2023. The third variable is labeled 'Prime' and is designated by the black bars. It ranges from around 700 to 1570 billions of dollars. The variable starts at around 700 billion dollars in 2000 and steeply increases to a peak of around 1570 billions of dollars in 2003. The variable remains between 1200 and 1400 billion dollars from 2004 to 2007 before falling sharply from 2008 to 2012 to about 763 billion. The variable then builds back up to 900 billion dollars in 2013. It then climbs to around 1050 billion dollars in 2019, jumping to 1530 billion dollars in 2021, and then declining in the final two observations and ending around 1095 billion dollars in 2023.

Note: Year-over-year change in balances for the second quarter of each year among those households whose balance increased over this window. Subprime are those with an Equifax Risk Score less than 620; near prime are from 620 to 719; prime are greater than 719. Scores were measured 1 year ago. The data are converted to constant 2023 dollars using the consumer price index. The key identifies bars in order from left to right.

Source: Federal Reserve Bank of New York Consumer Credit Panel/Equifax; consumer price index, Bureau of Labor Statistics via Haver Analytics.

Figure 2.14. Real consumer credit edged down in the first half of 2023

This is a line chart titled "Real consumer credit edged down in the first half of 2023”. The x-axis ranges from the years 1999 to 2023. The y-axis ranges from 200 to 2000 and the units are in billions of real dollars. The data is quarterly. There are 3 variables plotted on the chart. The first variable is labeled 'Student loans' and is represented by a black line. The variable starts at around 542 billion dollars in 2005. There are two small, brief dips in 2008 and 2012 but otherwise balances steadily increase to about 1780 billion dollars by 2020:Q2. The variable falls slightly and ends just under 1600 in 2023:Q2. The second line is labeled 'Auto loans'; is designated by a blue line; and ranges from around 600 to around 1550 billion dollars. It starts around at around 600 in 1999 and increases to around 1230 billion dollars in 2005-2006. Auto loan balances fall slightly to around 950 in 2012 but began increasing again afterwards; the line ends at 1550 billion dollars in 2023:Q2. The last variable is labeled 'Credit cards' and is represented by a red line. It ranges from around 800 to 1200 billion dollars. Starting at around 850 billion dollars in 1999, credit cards balances increase to a little under 1000 billion dollars and remain steady for several years with a peak at around 1200 billion in 2009. Balances began to decrease after 2009 to around 840 billion dollars in 2013 and steadily increased to around just 1050 billion dollars by the end of 2019. The line varies slightly around 800 to 1000 billion dollars and ends at just over 1000 billion dollars in 2023:Q2.

Note: The data are converted to constant 2023 dollars using the consumer price index. Student loan data begin in 2005.

Source: Federal Reserve Bank of New York Consumer Credit Panel/Equifax; consumer price index, Bureau of Labor Statistics via Haver Analytics.

Figure 2.15. Real auto loans outstanding ticked up for prime borrowers

This is a line chart labeled "Real auto loans outstanding ticked up for prime borrowers". The x-axis ranges from the years 1999 to 2023, and the y-axis ranges from 100 to 900, and the units are in billions of real dollars. The data is quarterly, ending in 2023:Q2. There are 3 variables plotted on the chart. The first variable is labeled 'Prime' and is designated by a black line. It ranges from around 200 to 800 billion dollars. Auto loans to borrowers with prime credit scores started at around 200 billion dollars in 1999 and continued to increase to 512 billion dollars in the end of 2005. The series declines in 2006 until balances reached about 410 billion dollars in 2010. From 2011 onwards, the series increased, reaching around 790 billion dollars by 2023:Q2. The second variable labeled 'Near prime' is represented by a blue line and ranges from about 225 to 450 billion dollars. Starting around 225 billion dollars in 1999, the series increased to around 400 billion dollars in 2005 to 2006. The series decreased to around 270 billion dollars in 2010 before increasing again in 2011. The level was stable around 400 billion dollars since 2016, with a slight increase in 2021 to around 450 billion dollars, followed by a decline until 2022 to around 430 billion dollars where the series ends in 2023:Q2. The third variable is labeled 'Subprime,' is designated by a red line, and ranges from just under 200 to 360 billion dollars. It starts at just under 200 billion dollars in 1999 and increases to around 330 billion dollars in 2007. It decreases to around 230 billion of dollars in 2012 before beginning to increase to around 360 billion dollars in 2019. It decreases to around 330 billion dollars when the series ends in 2023:Q2.

Note: Subprime are those with an Equifax Risk Score below 620; near prime are from 620 to 719; prime are greater than 719. Scores are measured contemporaneously. The data are converted to constant 2023 dollars using the consumer price index.

Source: Federal Reserve Bank of New York Consumer Credit Panel/Equifax; consumer price index, Bureau of Labor Statistics via Haver Analytics.

Figure 2.16. Auto loan delinquencies remained at levels above their historical median

This chart is titled “Auto loan delinquencies remained at levels above their historical median.” The x-axis ranges from 2000 to 2023. The data are measured quarterly. The y-axis ranges from 0 to 10 percent. There are two variables plotted. The first series is labeled “Delinquent” and represented by a solid black line. It begins around 3 percent and fluctuates within 1-2 percent for the next few years. It increases to around 5 percent in 2008:Q4, but then slowly decreases and hovers around 3 percent through 2019:Q1. The data decreases to around 2 percent in 2021:Q2 before returning to around 3.5 percent for the second quarter of 2023. The second variable is “Delinquent/loss mitigation” shown by a solid blue line. For the entirety of the plotted quarterly data, it ranges between 3 and 7.75 percent, with steady fluctuations in-between. It spikes to nearly 8 percent in early 2020, then decreases sharply to around 3.2 percent in early 2021, and increases to around 4.02 percent in 2023:Q2 where the data ends.

Note: Loss mitigation includes tradelines that have a narrative code of forbearance, natural disaster, payment deferral (including partial), loan modification (including federal government plans), or loans with no scheduled payment and a nonzero balance. Delinquent includes loans reported to the credit bureau as at least 30 days past due. The data for auto loans are reported semiannually by the Risk Assessment, Data Analysis, and Research Data Warehouse until 2017, after which they are reported quarterly. The data for delinquent/loss mitigation begin in the first quarter of 2001.

Source: Federal Reserve Bank of New York Consumer Credit Panel/Equifax.

Figure 2.17. Real credit card balances rose in the first half of 2023

This is a line chart labeled "Real credit card balances rose in the first half in 2023." The x-axis ranges from the years 1999 to 2023, and the y-axis ranges from 0 to 600 billions of real dollars. The data is quarterly, ending in 2023:Q4. There are three variables plotted on the chart. The first variable is labeled 'Prime' and is designated by a black line. It ranges from around 250 to 550 billion dollars. The series started at around 230 billion dollars in 1999 and increased to nearly 550 billion dollars in 2009. There is a slight decline from 2009 until balances were close just under 450 billion in 2012. From 2012 onwards, the series increased with fluctuations, reaching nearly 550 billion dollars at the end of 2019. It dropped to below 450 before returning to just under 550 in 2023:Q2. The second variable is labeled 'Near prime,' is represented by a blue line, and ranges from around 250 to 450 billion dollars. Starting around 400 billion dollars in 1999, the series increased to around 470 billion dollars in 2002 to 2003. Near prime balances decrease to around 410 billion dollars in 2005 and remains mostly flat until 2008 before decreasing to around 290 billion dollars in 2011. The level has risen slowly since then, nearing 340 billion dollars in 2019. It then decreases to around 310 billion dollars in 2023:Q2. The third variable is labeled 'Subprime', is designated by a red line, and ranges from around 125 to 310 billion dollars. It starts at around 230 billion dollars in 1999 and increases until reaching a peak at around 310 billion dollars in 2002. It decreases to around 220 billion dollars in 2005 before beginning to increase with fluctuations to around 280 billion dollars in 2008. It decreases to around 130 billion dollars in 2013 before slowly climbing again, reaching around 175 billion dollars in 2019:Q4. It then ends at around 160 billion dollars after a slight increase into 2023:Q2.

Subprime are those with an Equifax Risk Score below 620; near prime are from 620 to 719; prime are greater than 719. Scores are measured contemporaneously. The data are converted to constant 2023 dollars using the consumer price index.

Source: Federal Reserve Bank of New York Consumer Credit Panel/Equifax; consumer price index, Bureau of Labor Statistics via Haver Analytics.

Figure 2.18. Credit card delinquencies increased further in the first half of 2023

This is a line chart titled "Credit card delinquencies increased further in the first half of 2023”. The x-axis ranges from the years 2000 to 2023. The y-axis ranges from 0 to 8 percent, measuring delinquency rates on credit cards. The data are quarterly, ending in 2023:Q2. There is one variable plotted, denoted by a black line. It ranges from just under 2 to about 7.5 percent. It has been slowly increasing since 2016:Q4 to around 3 percent in 2020. Then, the series decreases to just under 2 percent before it increases to about 3.5 percent when the series ends in 2023:Q2.

Note: Delinquency measures the fraction of balances that are at least 30 days past due, excluding severe derogatory loans. The data are seasonally adjusted.

Source: Federal Reserve Bank of New York Consumer Credit Panel/Equifax.

Figure 3.1. Banks’ average interest rate on interest-earning assets remained significantly above the average expense rate on liabilities

This is a line chart titled “Banks' average interest rate on interest-earning assets remained significantly above the average expense rate on liabilities”. The x-axis measures time and ranges from years 2014 to 2023. The y-axis ranges from -.5 to 6 percent. The data are quarterly ending in 2023:Q2. There are two variables plotted on the chart. The first series is labeled ‘Average interest rate on interest-earning assets’. This series is designated by a solid black line and ranges from about 3 to 5.5 percent. The variable begins around 3.5 percent and has a gradual increase to about 4.5 percent in the middle of 2019. There is a decline in 2020 and the series falls below 3 percent in 2021 and early 2022 before a sharp increase back to nearly 5.5 percent in 2023:Q2. The second series, labeled ‘Average interest expense rate on liabilities,' is designated by a solid blue line and ranges from just above 0 to 2.5 percent. This variable begins at about 0.5 and increases slowly to 1.3 percent, where it stays through 2019. Starting in 2020, it decreases to below 0.5 percent through 2021:Q4 before rising to its highest value of around 2.5 percent.

Note: Average interest rate on interest-earning assets is total interest income divided by total interest-earning assets. Average interest expense rate on liabilities is total interest expense divided by total liabilities. The shaded bar with a top cap indicates a period of business recession as defined by the National Bureau of Economic Research: February 2020–April 2020.

Source: Federal Reserve Board, Form FR Y-9C, Consolidated Financial Statements for Holding Companies.

Figure 3.2. The fair values of banks’ securities portfolios declined in the second quarter of 2023 as interest rates rose

This is a stacked bar chart titled “The fair values of banks' securities portfolios declined in the second quarter of 2023 as interest rates rose.” The x-axis measures time and ranges from years 2017 to 2023. The y-axis ranges from -800 to 400 billion dollars. The data are quarterly and conclude in 2023:Q2. Two categories of banks’ fair value aggregate securities holdings are shown on the chart. The first variable is labeled ‘Available-for-sale securities’ (hereafter AFS) and is represented by a series of beige bars which range in magnitude from about -$330 to just under $100 billion. The second variable is labeled ‘Held-to-maturity securities’ (hereafter HTM) and is represented by a series of dark blue bars which range in magnitude from about -$370 to just over $40 billion in magnitude. The bars representing HTM always start from zero when the direction of the two bars is the same, which it almost always is. The bars for each series are also roughly the same size as the other in each period, with neither ever becoming more than about twice as big as the other. The two series collectively hover within a range of about -100 to 150 billion dollars until 2022:Q1, when both series see a pronounced drop to about -375 billion dollars each by 2022:Q3 before rising mildly to collectively end up around -575 billion dollars, with HTM comprising about -300 billion of this and AFS making up the remaining -175 billion.

Note: The figure plots the difference between the fair and amortized cost values of the securities. Sample consists of all bank holding companies and commercial banks.

Source: Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, Call Report Form FFIEC 031, Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income (Call Report); Federal Reserve Board, Form FR Y-9C, Consolidated Financial Statements for Holding Companies.

Figure 3.3. Banks' risk-based capital ratio remained near the median level since the Great Recession

Percent of risk-weighted assets

Quarter G-SIBs Large non–G-SIBs Other BHCs
2001 Q1 7.13674737214721 7.53803282255843 9.33163984786682
2001 Q2 7.33727603051405 7.50479348702284 9.45067186498515
2001 Q3 7.00873665502712 7.26486353426049 9.62849198635094
2001 Q4 7.07997380569986 7.29661190010667 8.96516884430957
2002 Q1 7.28813955443213 7.49820441398786 9.01514986246456
2002 Q2 7.32737940412747 7.62280837998528 9.00682747522053
2002 Q3 7.48950717196073 7.71740660010258 8.99244561030596
2002 Q4 7.09988133305329 7.6015983362202 8.96637757349765
2003 Q1 7.09323810635267 7.66635613619986 9.16057909687585
2003 Q2 7.19861687975139 7.54409221899765 9.08986062393443
2003 Q3 7.52859633668072 7.65268705261918 9.1314489131487
2003 Q4 7.27070855771445 7.89052447070949 9.09412693965009
2004 Q1 7.23904972831992 7.21722060266102 9.18101197987572
2004 Q2 6.98313054364949 7.06144229578693 8.96691649585333
2004 Q3 7.19158304602105 7.14619232049849 8.84818497280348
2004 Q4 7.2841779111753 7.59785686569509 8.69279375555207
2005 Q1 7.26529090732299 7.44875238314645 8.65548268339049
2005 Q2 7.16193125784083 7.46508148252664 8.56564179275106
2005 Q3 7.26642809779969 7.4570647915109 8.58348286895767
2005 Q4 7.21998561738627 7.47659606705788 8.34803054376519
2006 Q1 7.2899651761595 7.56703923931236 8.38938800551231
2006 Q2 7.21674557323936 7.59439379106468 8.3464319362854
2006 Q3 7.30911959914732 7.74772535647029 8.32210173848127
2006 Q4 7.29043610084148 7.45675442737746 8.43974440433117
2007 Q1 7.18466043145009 7.31295377227607 8.5030798904767
2007 Q2 6.90520406697276 7.08071504279879 8.33790128319458
2007 Q3 6.60369733402875 6.85623765914405 8.24705901294254
2007 Q4 5.73459683814437 6.51858548268729 7.9813606967539
2008 Q1 5.52289119356596 6.62172312650578 7.94461032484209
2008 Q2 5.53170030888784 6.50261358499355 8.00610240762672
2008 Q3 5.18355865077915 6.60918444879525 7.95869011306806
2008 Q4 4.58519218620076 6.25745182266946 7.91433325047657
2009 Q1 5.05967950487124 6.59043551152265 7.97494105495518
2009 Q2 6.39998165275161 7.39755399563165 8.06943647924114
2009 Q3 7.84210943287367 7.80500140273395 8.65111581422183
2009 Q4 8.22870713654716 7.91655680372125 8.85780650214138
2010 Q1 8.74310078136316 8.38018042877533 9.39859877084483
2010 Q2 9.16993484730483 8.64799317401394 9.95939060569391
2010 Q3 9.49843518525268 9.00832830031004 10.2884698623192
2010 Q4 9.76002649842235 9.65894486665139 10.6243301879714
2011 Q1 10.0696884160825 9.99489850162499 10.9585482379686
2011 Q2 10.2095845024913 10.2140318438417 11.1672808944397
2011 Q3 10.1806225555603 10.0533169122944 11.255789364379
2011 Q4 10.5094589240705 10.280796143996 11.4390084337062
2012 Q1 11.1183314461868 10.5575152576103 11.9183089009085
2012 Q2 11.2290391144465 10.4074238955103 12.2546588012519
2012 Q3 11.4003629184648 10.4777381915109 12.3325441778695
2012 Q4 11.5734908296603 10.6068094356415 12.1342952733841
2013 Q1 11.0162168648136 10.9133424329541 12.2357958379162
2013 Q2 11.2105591198611 11.0596108027362 12.1319866463059
2013 Q3 11.4002722637964 11.1770559907232 12.3901826443664
2013 Q4 11.4957381631113 11.3204988443863 12.357430672046
2014 Q1 12.5724803318565 11.48391995662 12.4094480061208
2014 Q2 11.6119483946069 11.4190527254467 12.2404282796669
2014 Q3 11.6570586686392 11.4769935476866 12.2597023021903
2014 Q4 11.5944468187056 11.5773299672329 12.1845390237635
2015 Q1 11.5849114974376 11.4503499552253 12.0436733177081
2015 Q2 11.86222729363 11.265619831611 12.0138827041137
2015 Q3 12.0581292715171 11.327433983977 11.9658939714727
2015 Q4 11.8856717282836 11.315492512313 11.8793274664725
2016 Q1 12.0185589119546 11.2808801628219 11.7555670355363
2016 Q2 12.1164188198601 11.3413641674577 11.6951338901516
2016 Q3 12.1635655821895 11.2592028411468 11.8400852715218
2016 Q4 12.2674513756582 11.3380733869041 11.9735349447785
2017 Q1 12.5289139308923 11.5324280543553 12.0789624977945
2017 Q2 12.6678371713046 11.4229896718639 12.0807421815178
2017 Q3 12.6394459161107 11.4108799008064 12.0798842509963
2017 Q4 12.1957339575346 11.2975425873258 12.0072435132058
2018 Q1 12.0115520542566 11.0035638807189 12.1192990391812
2018 Q2 12.0880085428493 11.1974199517842 12.1531280169384
2018 Q3 12.05446572329 11.0695517158984 12.2348759257026
2018 Q4 12.0033109727695 11.1651537350399 12.1576348895046
2019 Q1 12.3763979347912 11.2268625652029 12.332398602789
2019 Q2 12.3827413402393 11.2600549141685 12.2312264309502
2019 Q3 12.0848911686732 11.1797744280206 12.237602229774
2019 Q4 11.876308310051 11.0261779585346 12.3100340974633
2020 Q1 11.5424496931464 10.7438262941257 11.8924600161713
2020 Q2 12.0211283519485 11.2517312824528 12.1238877398474
2020 Q3 12.4279933744964 11.6311273104791 12.2478104941919
2020 Q4 12.3636628199907 12.0200165638405 12.5334586573357
2021 Q1 12.6700856464625 12.3200000126565 12.8585022807011
2021 Q2 12.6267784157545 12.0913456360483 12.93000350846
2021 Q3 12.3063194463409 11.9194475889746 12.8790863051517
2021 Q4 12.1208303953053 11.6153792869379 12.6791802413118
2022 Q1 11.7231312931722 11.3533765723624 12.5040607594273
2022 Q2 11.8629414091981 10.9980438186719 12.1702167864891
2022 Q3 11.9130160609404 10.8856966457083 12.0905958223587
2022 Q4 12.1011443273832 10.7474784011304 12.158464208644
2023 Q1 12.6684358496732 10.6655946813332 12.1067829889513
2023 Q2 12.7466805034701 10.9050953610773 12.2370718414843

Note: The data are seasonally adjusted by Federal Reserve Board staff. Sample consists of domestic bank holding companies (BHCs) and intermediate holding companies (IHCs) with a substantial U.S. commercial banking presence. G-SIBs are global systemically important banks. Large non–G-SIBs are BHCs and IHCs with greater than $100 billion in total assets that are not G-SIBs. Before 2014:Q1 (advanced-approaches BHCs) or before 2015:Q1 (non-advanced-approaches BHCs), the numerator of the common equity Tier 1 ratio is Tier 1 common capital. Afterward, the numerator is common equity Tier 1 capital. The denominator is risk-weighted assets. The shaded bars with top caps indicate periods of business recession as defined by the National Bureau of Economic Research: March 2001–November 2001, December 2007–June 2009, and February 2020–April 2020.

Source: Federal Reserve Board, Form FR Y-9C, Consolidated Financial Statements for Holding Companies.

Figure 3.4. The ratio of tangible common equity to tangible assets increased for banks of all categories
Figure 3.4. The ratio of tangible common equity to tangible assets increased for banks of all categories

Percent of tangible assets

Quarter G-SIBs Large non–G-SIBs Other BHCs
1985 Q1 4.7237088709188 4.85356459815094 6.35978726145973
1985 Q2 4.59125345770151 4.63487729060401 6.34792896497627
1985 Q3 4.79523451561782 4.54620817720596 6.36053053120674
1985 Q4 4.95967608741877 4.49022283599042 6.35671365832308
1986 Q1 4.93146188226754 4.52353680905428 6.42699875831872
1986 Q2 5.07004072298375 4.38760472393257 6.3657529833304
1986 Q3 5.27967283408765 4.56389327029598 6.38157904062038
1986 Q4 4.99029187639708 5.20979454423269 6.18261271043485
1987 Q1 5.05441602182307 6.09113626922849 6.29607552605817
1987 Q2 4.48201560368126 4.6476211196171 5.92518521663638
1987 Q3 4.30531450516138 4.84928262897134 6.01340843992593
1987 Q4 4.49699357783084 4.92219401832028 6.00988422780437
1988 Q1 4.54001116017465 5.13030960337157 5.96395283150306
1988 Q2 4.75340541154763 5.10607130712286 6.01812935746039
1988 Q3 4.4821089551021 5.10490783979604 6.12374706365171
1988 Q4 5.09656228088211 5.4233790440687 6.23516834571807
1989 Q1 5.08673220561322 5.32766057257529 6.29956712693479
1989 Q2 5.23945230260606 5.34174745841489 6.31331866672714
1989 Q3 4.95927441855786 5.17161980582769 6.20644757736901
1989 Q4 4.84010345687516 4.70075444207095 6.20668905062523
1990 Q1 4.93437274031224 4.65452408225931 6.27604893101672
1990 Q2 4.96534860846624 4.80802026994104 6.26063843960991
1990 Q3 4.82584433686173 4.87344967488032 6.25189149736494
1990 Q4 4.90428514134216 5.21465782769067 6.30130006793877
1991 Q1 5.06667765113433 5.27185599703929 6.41686188835762
1991 Q2 4.85324956274166 5.26829451399185 6.47197713003865
1991 Q3 4.81141178199701 4.81735287016918 6.51184204395687
1991 Q4 5.01136917248809 4.87615956328495 6.67336361141417
1992 Q1 5.47309079030955 4.77193195995496 6.7836637232025
1992 Q2 5.60634551117032 4.78766952621649 7.1134264053952
1992 Q3 5.68863165211333 5.03767882851918 7.23518229838822
1992 Q4 5.79370335704894 5.88616221274403 7.39170962261697
1993 Q1 6.00090930612608 6.13830378340153 7.56956059746972
1993 Q2 6.16893919764784 6.07781687933323 7.71827277419303
1993 Q3 6.3330020582721 6.21131442537914 7.73780027449885
1993 Q4 6.45876883455897 6.54754075981692 7.85732840760346
1994 Q1 5.95721574173736 5.74091577991539 7.78830635004262
1994 Q2 6.05870973027227 5.82678191073681 7.69941917134192
1994 Q3 5.85485701124102 6.10681640419658 7.72869360779413
1994 Q4 5.49608753971058 6.29087505686156 7.62182418643191
1995 Q1 5.30748211905843 5.87608238296238 7.74133079518709
1995 Q2 5.52538727362049 6.2276759968217 7.80834928474648
1995 Q3 5.57403951758764 6.25718493363703 7.86945131113949
1995 Q4 5.654076616403 6.31448352397093 7.94546208613418
1996 Q1 5.92437356439526 6.30998522197982 7.95053648076607
1996 Q2 5.7787559270633 6.26928685513284 7.81551595148148
1996 Q3 5.97686384003032 6.18268743530105 7.75968472429671
1996 Q4 5.77551540290233 6.12091214513455 7.77932279789295
1997 Q1 5.40807590724954 6.03904704100707 7.81763244112416
1997 Q2 5.32094108278849 5.89211085667613 7.7258754434649
1997 Q3 5.40306157004381 5.81657378668225 7.76346429574239
1997 Q4 5.32783199792995 5.80034422094241 7.82867744361563
1998 Q1 5.414585831434 5.62375485441717 7.83420489896329
1998 Q2 5.772072433707 5.629634790111 7.86473318034616
1998 Q3 5.93929326706571 5.5029053716923 7.82469504869376
1998 Q4 5.68564645120293 5.51154270673543 7.78216386379196
1999 Q1 5.77052812667777 5.67466924670892 7.71628274367713
1999 Q2 5.70790929095797 5.5847674783547 7.61430779978646
1999 Q3 5.77067681364251 5.54299963215503 7.52057569702046
1999 Q4 5.62390841378944 5.33253270666682 7.38158869220671
2000 Q1 5.67913101697044 5.23986163350551 7.3103496701092
2000 Q2 5.42713665351368 5.10771775738573 7.37224068751693
2000 Q3 5.52325537138311 5.4058902268505 7.48785088364054
2000 Q4 5.53887301599062 5.87843486575849 7.72922954413427
2001 Q1 4.88606502141708 5.70420503946666 7.56130061148072
2001 Q2 4.82321492352177 5.09857700157903 7.71516642933348
2001 Q3 4.46318349150256 5.02428879195926 7.90279723170253
2001 Q4 4.62513244786752 4.78132104503 7.77475244070457
2002 Q1 4.55824754501541 4.90613702593394 7.80495299720374
2002 Q2 4.67825847202571 5.08919875822492 7.93989380273317
2002 Q3 4.84366476483573 5.33635441580815 7.95704584500165
2002 Q4 4.79803714164231 5.41476639716279 7.9840553114192
2003 Q1 4.72398322621056 5.40882348480732 7.93194431298439
2003 Q2 4.77270374460117 5.32563068451466 7.76156111701116
2003 Q3 4.71501303165754 5.25642160494888 7.71723252269465
2003 Q4 4.53825717358464 5.27541673527332 7.76193268051099
2004 Q1 4.50529041304721 5.35914860500104 7.97082809515223
2004 Q2 4.03764036048786 4.75019587691012 7.58064246984694
2004 Q3 4.30482244014643 4.42903803329308 7.97108655183907
2004 Q4 4.41532320152134 4.23409230990107 8.16712717596886
2005 Q1 4.21817029153203 3.86778883199594 7.96794156447159
2005 Q2 4.33169902692178 4.35190685404607 8.13180629975753
2005 Q3 4.29552238784801 3.99745610782647 8.06713551446922
2005 Q4 4.22919132410551 4.13105373303937 7.95898559516094
2006 Q1 4.03655438363319 3.74809905746012 7.84752932268176
2006 Q2 3.88060024868593 3.68248620240664 7.81311544471423
2006 Q3 4.06897402742052 3.89681098418779 8.04265442146703
2006 Q4 4.01169620829711 4.29165240079981 8.03278667621627
2007 Q1 3.80455376694069 4.20752197006904 7.97803393114817
2007 Q2 3.51144348458793 4.13516392672993 7.90342918451823
2007 Q3 3.38824027580952 4.22821486977363 7.91660869611813
2007 Q4 3.13549709320522 3.96069612506007 7.93168754495198
2008 Q1 2.91411268982261 3.6757284917324 7.92905345075747
2008 Q2 2.8592787678037 3.70473663561832 7.78206141304974
2008 Q3 2.24332602842351 3.49648874384641 7.59957452042399
2008 Q4 2.27310315928882 3.64065359524167 7.52162149200275
2009 Q1 2.67933520981887 4.01481192915341 7.53091592287324
2009 Q2 3.36188539437184 4.62884990355618 7.58749192822819
2009 Q3 4.30843170047897 4.80684165900717 7.89488613822852
2009 Q4 4.69336593690793 4.78017658119808 8.05463844591154
2010 Q1 4.7639103444209 4.79979428442565 8.30918964181721
2010 Q2 5.21045490067188 5.39744794575463 8.62043754683094
2010 Q3 5.46843083972949 5.63320853238453 8.80860107458637
2010 Q4 5.59684825937364 6.40684078977532 8.76367131547316
2011 Q1 5.69597338582748 6.65662051736126 8.92695450929308
2011 Q2 5.84811398071342 6.93273953195532 9.1579638430203
2011 Q3 6.05388503905373 7.23154201008738 9.28468111020786
2011 Q4 6.28922545175536 7.19133569790062 9.43523341754963
2012 Q1 6.35208307079801 7.29941392337569 9.47810956350477
2012 Q2 6.57100876096896 7.41626213083261 9.64578506328339
2012 Q3 6.71459239860791 7.57191211033028 9.69692244022551
2012 Q4 6.70852374349484 7.55931027232255 9.5681970214402
2013 Q1 6.78531698956402 7.82698460552213 9.70575650955488
2013 Q2 6.77324143681927 7.78545897164622 9.57118594479147
2013 Q3 6.80179682275397 7.91253678830174 9.59542045909819
2013 Q4 6.92711934007666 8.01943043040757 9.69844823972128
2014 Q1 6.98870974686852 8.15069939469183 9.72600192531412
2014 Q2 7.08530749919026 8.31072836796416 9.8789990517902
2014 Q3 7.18419700408077 8.33369389531421 9.68850683856774
2014 Q4 7.2120544016271 8.28820456866128 9.70670404840066
2015 Q1 7.29572249496211 8.42378973767747 9.71902964839818
2015 Q2 7.45608697217242 8.33178074867189 9.72645115910594
2015 Q3 7.63917574930302 8.55437915169276 9.73840955868078
2015 Q4 7.7727819949132 8.38162059958729 9.74096116407933
2016 Q1 7.74309580695799 8.48853677318935 9.78044268630857
2016 Q2 7.76489425051964 8.55478643339289 9.80034515016015
2016 Q3 7.77272553923029 8.34657077792927 9.77475033849553
2016 Q4 7.71780747261041 8.2230555351772 9.57883981090918
2017 Q1 7.64431962433969 8.2808009426581 9.69948520607518
2017 Q2 7.7169206519714 8.26112738467232 9.79370064932168
2017 Q3 7.68603656324499 8.39021184694146 9.7823944920391
2017 Q4 7.36272223162835 8.24158405568752 9.68565373130191
2018 Q1 7.17475347761294 8.19198399651527 9.59616551175215
2018 Q2 7.29377177392645 8.274877673441 9.63215101597725
2018 Q3 7.19967062894261 8.25712162813239 9.66161202474276
2018 Q4 7.22233261862194 8.2835994704377 9.77071738126739
2019 Q1 7.20822327126357 8.4378038716314 9.99611041208117
2019 Q2 7.21289142527361 8.6277090899251 10.1207396124391
2019 Q3 7.04144574252191 8.63417532030175 10.0805578412207
2019 Q4 7.00196194538865 8.45966605569489 10.0892027731368
2020 Q1 6.31113217781476 7.87080503343904 9.71310216410253
2020 Q2 6.24589317866425 7.90828274752286 9.16276002608119
2020 Q3 6.43160724786446 8.12256619044583 9.23031121577953
2020 Q4 6.37096620745956 8.18117854835424 9.31317395518502
2021 Q1 6.07564066257491 7.94843141198312 8.99990689074917
2021 Q2 6.15804651088797 7.9722611260037 9.16711555145392
2021 Q3 6.02088844643775 7.84187908703725 9.20027696761468
2021 Q4 6.04408015409337 7.52077963390508 9.04807874786836
2022 Q1 5.62199716508929 6.86218596332381 8.33152248274472
2022 Q2 5.76385837997458 6.49176842476922 7.99052631228608
2022 Q3 5.83075157091703 5.99489640452062 7.62045730085928
2022 Q4 6.05508355283436 5.9308402559084 7.82535909605555
2023 Q1 6.06262593372533 6.06995622099006 7.99636382636249
2023 Q2 6.12005918133408 6.11559136539938 8.02964149898656

Note: The data are seasonally adjusted by Federal Reserve Board staff. Sample consists of domestic bank holding companies (BHCs), intermediate holding companies (IHCs) with a substantial U.S. commercial banking presence, and commercial banks. G-SIBs are global systemically important banks. Large non–G-SIBs are BHCs and IHCs with greater than $100 billion in total assets that are not G-SIBs. Bank equity is total equity capital net of preferred equity and intangible assets. Bank assets are total assets net of intangible assets. The shaded bars with top caps indicate periods of business recession as defined by the National Bureau of Economic Research: July 1990–March 1991, March 2001–November 2001, December 2007–June 2009, and February 2020–April 2020.

Source: For data through 1996, Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, Call Report Form FFIEC 031, Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income (Call Report). For data from 1997 onward, Federal Reserve Board, Form FR Y-9C, Consolidated Financial Statements for Holding Companies; and Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, Call Report Form FFIEC 031, Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income (Call Report).

Figure 3.5. Borrower leverage for bank commercial and industrial loans increased

This is a line chart titled "Borrower leverage for bank commercial and industrial loans increased." The x-axis measures time and ranges from years 2013 to 2023. The y-axis ranges from 24 to 36 and shows debt percentage of assets. The data are quarterly and conclude in 2023:Q2. There are two variables plotted. The first line, labeled 'Non-publicly-traded firms,' is designated by a solid blue line, and ranges from about 30 to 34 percentage points. This variable begins near 32 percentage points, dips to about 30 percentage points towards the end of 2013, rises slowly to 34 percentage points through 2019 before decreasing back down to 33 percentage points where it hovered through 2020. It decreased throughout 2021, but started to level off in 2022 and ended at almost exactly 32 percentage points in 2023:Q2. The second line, labeled 'Publicly traded firms,' is designated by a solid black line and ranges from about 24 to 31 percentage points. This variable begins at about 25 percentage points and increases to 31 percentage points in 2020. Then, it decreases to below 30 percent through 2023:Q2.

Note: The figure shows the weighted median leverage of nonfinancial firms that borrow using commercial and industrial loans from the 24 banks that have filed in every quarter since 2013:Q1. Leverage is measured as the ratio of the book value of total debt to the book value of total assets of the borrower, as reported by the lender, and the median is weighted by committed amounts.

Source: Federal Reserve Board, Form FR Y-14Q (Schedule H.1), Capital Assessments and Stress Testing.

Figure 3.6. Banks reported tightening lending standards in commercial and industrial loans

This is a line chart titled “Banks reported tightening lending standards in commercial and industrial loans." The x-axis measures time and ranges from years 1997 to 2023. The y-axis ranges from -100 to 100 and the units are net percentages of banks reporting tightening lending standards. The quarterly data begin in 1997:Q1 and end in 2023:Q2. There is one variable charted on the plot. The series is designated by a solid black line. The series begins around zero. In 2001, the series spikes to almost 80, coinciding with the recession period in 2001. This falls to almost -60% percent in 2004 and remains negative until 2007. The series then spikes again during 2008, coinciding with the Great Recession, reaching a maximum of over 80%. The series then remains between -20% and 20% between 2009 and 2019, before spiking again in 2020 to roughly 70%. The series then falls to roughly -50% in 2021 before rising again to roughly 30%, where the series ends in 2023:Q2. There is also a horizontal line marked at zero. Data points above zero to 100 are labeled Tightening and data points below zero to -100 are labeled Easing.

Note: Banks' responses are weighted by their commercial and industrial loan market shares. Survey respondents to the Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices are asked about the changes over the quarter. Results are shown for loans to large and medium-sized firms. The shaded bars with top caps indicate periods of business recession as defined by the National Bureau of Economic Research: March 2001–November 2001, December 2007–June 2009, and February 2020–April 2020.

Source: Federal Reserve Board, Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices; Federal Reserve Board staff calculations.

Figure 3.7. Leverage at broker-dealers remained historically low

Ratio of assets to equity

Quarter Calculated Leverage
1995 Q1 30.5982069909687
1995 Q2 30.715053408215
1995 Q3 31.3075187485227
1995 Q4 31.8437861119866
1996 Q1 33.1163299730913
1996 Q2 33.1013331739105
1996 Q3 33.3441693368288
1996 Q4 33.8799653746273
1997 Q1 35.2828507392546
1997 Q2 35.2869330076762
1997 Q3 35.498408212325
1997 Q4 32.9736871252037
1998 Q1 35.5055261963666
1998 Q2 35.0070818698421
1998 Q3 35.0660341830823
1998 Q4 30.4295790511052
1999 Q1 30.9114567834438
1999 Q2 29.3661582531347
1999 Q3 28.4326362993834
1999 Q4 28.557997841401
2000 Q1 29.8598214667065
2000 Q2 28.8894217207334
2000 Q3 28.5148996842856
2000 Q4 28.2648060796646
2001 Q1 28.5606199261993
2001 Q2 30.0320462611084
2001 Q3 31.4661945806851
2001 Q4 31.338968071904
2002 Q1 31.6577101403855
2002 Q2 31.2599437339207
2002 Q3 31.7889909984558
2002 Q4 30.6285592336147
2003 Q1 32.0302453053945
2003 Q2 34.7878365208373
2003 Q3 32.9734923391743
2003 Q4 33.6675097743329
2004 Q1 35.5833439029959
2004 Q2 37.7700967206065
2004 Q3 38.5887403329401
2004 Q4 39.2777396924885
2005 Q1 41.0738134100422
2005 Q2 41.4384392576605
2005 Q3 41.9749640265142
2005 Q4 39.880072868668
2006 Q1 40.503497005644
2006 Q2 40.6512138000326
2006 Q3 42.2873796143481
2006 Q4 43.0107629130303
2007 Q1 45.2778193125806
2007 Q2 46.8994959572924
2007 Q3 46.0204176455575
2007 Q4 46.2983034482759
2008 Q1 47.89183041899
2008 Q2 41.8661248648791
2008 Q3 43.2122746457033
2008 Q4 30.7077441601937
2009 Q1 28.3215972520395
2009 Q2 24.8998622255598
2009 Q3 24.9618375682385
2009 Q4 23.5052722711834
2010 Q1 24.5069614762614
2010 Q2 24.0433659395688
2010 Q3 24.3100066525033
2010 Q4 23.5247459227071
2011 Q1 24.2946419130198
2011 Q2 24.440313072373
2011 Q3 24.5657173756309
2011 Q4 24.6372270220987
2012 Q1 24.5318749709241
2012 Q2 24.4307914783732
2012 Q3 23.8525335546291
2012 Q4 23.4598855351307
2013 Q1 22.8428439449133
2013 Q2 22.1486328871893
2013 Q3 21.8371631014628
2013 Q4 21.097681616223
2014 Q1 21.1277118963169
2014 Q2 21.3475737106516
2014 Q3 20.7180067422846
2014 Q4 19.8169499480063
2015 Q1 19.7323566984349
2015 Q2 19.3348381307379
2015 Q3 18.8285458657231
2015 Q4 18.1493925866296
2016 Q1 18.1237576000291
2016 Q2 18.3046870769175
2016 Q3 18.035854625629
2016 Q4 17.6136082150251
2017 Q1 17.7695777550781
2017 Q2 18.307554150652
2017 Q3 17.4100389829624
2017 Q4 17.1500899174335
2018 Q1 17.2055763771559
2018 Q2 18.0641742412777
2018 Q3 17.9034846949206
2018 Q4 18.1021874008148
2019 Q1 17.9141401902138
2019 Q2 17.8151545552476
2019 Q3 17.7799223151373
2019 Q4 16.8651391545337
2020 Q1 17.2645675852628
2020 Q2 16.2564523706339
2020 Q3 16.5385023470571
2020 Q4 16.6195957937861
2021 Q1 16.582882045479
2021 Q2 16.2245377135745
2021 Q3 16.2545560469413
2021 Q4 15.7850315685682
2022 Q1 17.6559734587943
2022 Q2 17.2151009687427
2022 Q3 16.9552319201328
2022 Q4 15.9521612582599
2023 Q1 16.9886531805054
2023 Q2 16.9211710527537

Note: Leverage is calculated by dividing total assets by equity.

Source: Federal Reserve Board, Statistical Release Z.1, “Financial Accounts of the United States.”

Figure 3.8. Trading profits in June were near their average levels since 2018

This is a line chart titled " Trading profits in the second quarter of 2023 were near their average levels since 2018." The x-axis measures time and ranges from years 2018 to 2023. The y-axis ranges from 0 to 1000, and the units are in millions of dollars. The monthly data begin in January 2018 and end in June 2023. There is one variable charted on the plot. The series is designated by a solid black line and ranges from about 125 to nearly 900 million dollars. This variable begins just under 600 million dollars and drops to about 125 million towards the end of 2018. It rises sharply to nearly 900 million dollars in 2020, then decreases back down to around 375 million at the end of 2020 before spiking back up near 900 million dollars in early 2021. It decreased throughout 2021, spiked to 700 million dollars in January 2023 and ended just below 500 million dollars in June 2023.

Note: Sample includes all trading desks of bank holding companies subject to the Volcker rule reporting requirement.

Source: Federal Reserve Board, Reporting, Recordkeeping, and Disclosure Requirements Associated with Regulation VV (Proprietary Trading and Certain Interests in and Relationships with Covered Funds, 12 C.F.R. pt. 248).

Figure 3.9. Equities dropped slightly as a share of trading profits in the most recent data

This is a stacked line chart titled " Equities dropped slightly as a share of trading profits in the latter part of the second quarter of 2023". The x-axis measures time and ranges from years 2018 to 2023. The y-axis measures percent and ranges from 0 to 100. The data are a monthly average and end in June 2023. There are 3 variables charted on the plot, which represent the total share of trading profits by trading desks. The overall trend has been steadily increasing portions from the “other” variable from about 25 percent to about 40 percent in June 2022, before a dip and rebound back to the same value in December 2022. The first variable, “Equity,” is designated by blue shading. This variable remains steady except for one spike at the end of 2018 and a dip in the beginning of 2020. Typically, it stays around 35 percent. The second variable, “Fixed income, rates, and credit,” is designated by red shading. This variable remains steady except for decreases at the end of 2018 and in early- to mid-2022. The third variable, “Other,” is designated by grey shading. This variable steadily increases from 25 percent in 2018 to its peak in mid-2022 before falling steadily through June 2023, ending at around 35%.

Note: Sample includes all trading desks of bank holding companies subject to the Volcker rule reporting requirement. The “other” category comprises desks trading in municipal securities, foreign exchange, and commodities, as well as any unclassified desks. The key identifies series in order from top to bottom.

Source: Federal Reserve Board, Reporting, Recordkeeping, and Disclosure Requirements Associated with Regulation VV (Proprietary Trading and Certain Interests in and Relationships with Covered Funds, 12 C.F.R. pt. 248).

Figure 3.10. Leverage at life insurance companies remained near the middle of its historical range

Ratio of assets to equity

Quarter Life Property and casualty
2001 Q1 8.36031592904979 5.40366999054728
2001 Q2 8.82585020638108 5.50412551164979
2001 Q3 9.44648974468406 6.22182224835869
2001 Q4 10.0257613115708 6.37394498076952
2002 Q1 9.63267975864237 6.24076941311445
2002 Q2 9.83256013883607 6.32269224424177
2002 Q3 10.1421354633282 6.41022916044875
2002 Q4 10.7948494380913 6.68349138015935
2003 Q1 11.0444036093948 6.7833902086454
2003 Q2 11.1563035459124 6.70037995131541
2003 Q3 11.000398484302 6.7172004844303
2003 Q4 10.9304909789063 6.70370328861639
2004 Q1 11.2863214243631 7.06100776622827
2004 Q2 11.3744519555969 6.75748631863471
2004 Q3 11.4750119231756 6.81601828574753
2004 Q4 11.6809163612236 6.82214880580096
2005 Q1 11.3044628735615 6.80749606424375
2005 Q2 10.6703534385654 6.6004657121062
2005 Q3 10.7843575460794 6.65878500411083
2005 Q4 10.8665204481768 6.48494682126386
2006 Q1 10.1954602542759 6.49722074825504
2006 Q2 10.0528558240603 6.39496711081614
2006 Q3 9.99070093624306 6.37042087836768
2006 Q4 9.94287031129512 6.29856308315291
2007 Q1 10.0314779911839 6.33680204150944
2007 Q2 9.8638303456092 6.32884725452754
2007 Q3 9.95656898579367 6.32929534189629
2007 Q4 9.73530665175089 6.08790498855485
2008 Q1 10.8557363070755 6.51333978154224
2008 Q2 10.7318206803053 6.4242324390778
2008 Q3 10.6872549094968 6.44578050059924
2008 Q4 10.8902998311562 5.96232123479701
2009 Q1 10.9093268151654 5.93918956547545
2009 Q2 10.0465788403065 5.60426130443896
2009 Q3 10.002488074213 5.57495421228905
2009 Q4 8.9444814617033 5.20132043363706
2010 Q1 9.24486321131444 5.16936699560405
2010 Q2 9.45005632526028 5.10355912993602
2010 Q3 9.73333363099908 5.18124847875797
2010 Q4 8.83655882827124 4.47788908728588
2011 Q1 9.73677012147704 4.62375003464552
2011 Q2 9.39889518893452 4.57562730425394
2011 Q3 9.47920180851116 4.41355795225886
2011 Q4 8.89180077429662 4.15631669274047
2012 Q1 8.85456724424128 4.14630955257915
2012 Q2 8.85769201088038 4.11755934675802
2012 Q3 9.19988171427961 4.16587552806339
2012 Q4 9.44261893518498 4.17857925771241
2013 Q1 9.2742684511091 4.10095338425342
2013 Q2 8.89309346916342 3.97245336982574
2013 Q3 8.67025335773517 3.92325820422153
2013 Q4 8.79813217242249 3.90056546307124
2014 Q1 8.54716656250108 3.87545478979077
2014 Q2 8.41872558950105 3.69426372107717
2014 Q3 8.3632004931639 3.64749726657816
2014 Q4 8.59546271991882 3.59439574531624
2015 Q1 8.42868478181508 3.55128755077522
2015 Q2 8.1572955022327 3.52714996532411
2015 Q3 8.37438136701651 3.47373609933601
2015 Q4 9.0388786741166 3.4696401622171
2016 Q1 9.52213703297625 3.56438923527121
2016 Q2 9.95370322118838 3.57875634540778
2016 Q3 10.0745398355137 3.56339050794092
2016 Q4 9.90261697983825 3.80688883619266
2017 Q1 10.2218312833215 3.59615546668862
2017 Q2 10.118382598691 3.60435770452915
2017 Q3 9.83861699649113 3.65321181836285
2017 Q4 10.0451538497148 3.74092613525481
2018 Q1 9.97016509227598 3.30270328589855
2018 Q2 9.81671602031617 2.96934699748403
2018 Q3 9.84661235233072 2.93472094305505
2018 Q4 9.93687320610675 3.03834780664888
2019 Q1 10.2037077144556 3.02014547919425
2019 Q2 10.3406942751515 3.01451114704615
2019 Q3 10.5471835563598 2.98613506696692
2019 Q4 10.5409647188869 2.89859858469055
2020 Q1 10.3468581293056 3.04236079126112
2020 Q2 11.5366784826833 3.13949319886997
2020 Q3 11.690842189919 3.11880743660849
2020 Q4 11.8006989909297 3.0366416650099
2021 Q1 11.126864673964 3.01244406616379
2021 Q2 11.1898154656827 2.9864565959719
2021 Q3 11.5559072547711 3.00193108573707
2021 Q4 11.3271336126059 2.84791826819638
2022 Q1 10.8215334658364 2.81760705723627
2022 Q2 9.85314601820248 2.88421990749108
2022 Q3 9.90663023332299 2.8867333850887
2022 Q4 10.0760307908456 2.85546991072237
2023 Q1 10.5084960184284 2.81710229261477
2023 Q2 10.3904483225135 2.76147419537023

Note: Ratio is calculated as (total assets – separate account assets)/(total capital – accumulated other comprehensive income) using generally accepted accounting principles. The largest 10 publicly traded life and property and casualty insurers are represented.

Source: Generally accepted accounting principles data from 10-Q and 10-K filings accessed via S&P Global, Capital IQ Pro.

Figure 3.11. Leverage at hedge funds remained somewhat elevated

Percent

Quarter Mean Gross Leverage Mean Balance Sheet Leverage
2013 Q1 6.469 1.898
2013 Q2 6.88 1.909
2013 Q3 6.643 1.885
2013 Q4 6.321 1.818
2014 Q1 6.489 1.855
2014 Q2 6.289 1.838
2014 Q3 6.455 1.886
2014 Q4 5.975 1.835
2015 Q1 5.979 1.862
2015 Q2 5.759 1.83
2015 Q3 6.018 1.864
2015 Q4 5.703 1.827
2016 Q1 6.177 1.881
2016 Q2 6.243 1.911
2016 Q3 6.235 1.917
2016 Q4 6.377 1.902
2017 Q1 6.742 1.954
2017 Q2 6.692 1.958
2017 Q3 6.93 1.967
2017 Q4 7.039 1.929
2018 Q1 8.308 1.962
2018 Q2 7.788 1.997
2018 Q3 7.324 2.026
2018 Q4 7.599 2.086
2019 Q1 8.033 2.085
2019 Q2 7.982 2.118
2019 Q3 7.854 2.087
2019 Q4 7.813 2.074
2020 Q1 7.942 2.167
2020 Q2 6.973 1.993
2020 Q3 7.436 2.007
2020 Q4 7.355 1.988
2021 Q1 7.408 1.934
2021 Q2 7.531 1.945
2021 Q3 7.624 1.994
2021 Q4 7.346 1.988
2022 Q1 7.424 1.988
2022 Q2 7.508 2.042
2022 Q3 7.615 2.041
2022 Q4 7.703 2.063
2023 Q1 7.846 2.067

Note: Means are weighted by net asset value (NAV). On-balance-sheet leverage is the ratio of gross asset value to NAV. Gross leverage is the ratio of gross notional exposure to NAV. Gross notional exposure includes both on-balance-sheet exposures and off-balance-sheet derivative notional exposures. Options are delta-adjusted, and interest rate derivatives are reported at 10-year bond equivalent values. The data are reported on a two-quarter lag beginning in the first quarter of 2013.

Source: Securities and Exchange Commission, Form PF, Reporting Form for Investment Advisers to Private Funds and Certain Commodity Pool Operators and Commodity Trading Advisors.

Figure 3.12. Leverage at the largest hedge funds increased
Figure 3.12. Leverage at the largest hedge funds increased

Ratio

Quarter Top 15, by GAV 16-50, by GAV 51+, by GAV
2013 Q1 11.127 5.529 1.651
2013 Q2 15.46 4.406 1.645
2013 Q3 14.153 4.365 1.628
2013 Q4 11.815 4.108 1.569
2014 Q1 9.803 5.364 1.63
2014 Q2 11.007 4.094 1.591
2014 Q3 12.492 4.454 1.602
2014 Q4 10.501 4.389 1.58
2015 Q1 12.382 4.386 1.666
2015 Q2 9.047 5.428 1.653
2015 Q3 11.07 3.932 1.588
2015 Q4 9.996 5.718 1.668
2016 Q1 13.662 3.162 1.649
2016 Q2 11.294 4.531 1.61
2016 Q3 12.395 4.56 1.606
2016 Q4 11.392 5.286 1.582
2017 Q1 14.104 6.226 1.665
2017 Q2 13.643 7.049 1.594
2017 Q3 13.529 7.466 1.562
2017 Q4 12.491 7.483 1.518
2018 Q1 13.8 6.942 1.608
2018 Q2 14.562 7.717 1.6
2018 Q3 16.559 9.612 1.552
2018 Q4 21.869 8.999 1.669
2019 Q1 21.713 9.041 1.618
2019 Q2 22.835 11.124 1.68
2019 Q3 20.93 8 1.765
2019 Q4 18.608 8.587 1.736
2020 Q1 17.089 7.549 1.708
2020 Q2 14.932 6.112 1.66
2020 Q3 12.995 7.922 1.588
2020 Q4 13.28 7.905 1.651
2021 Q1 11.506 7.98 1.613
2021 Q2 14.438 8.199 1.752
2021 Q3 19.855 7.956 1.621
2021 Q4 20.542 9.411 1.625
2022 Q1 19.404 8.29 1.595
2022 Q2 19.575 7.72 1.609
2022 Q3 14.375 8.583 1.577
2022 Q4 15.879 8.505 1.567
2023 Q1 16.686 7.403 1.573

Note: Leverage is measured by gross asset value (GAV) divided by net asset value (NAV). Funds are sorted into cohorts based on GAV. Average leverage is computed as the NAV-weighted mean.

Source: Securities and Exchange Commission, Form PF, Reporting Form for Investment Advisers to Private Funds and Certain Commodity Pool Operators and Commodity Trading Advisors.

Figure 3.13. Dealers indicated that the use of leverage by hedge funds remained largely unchanged

This is a line chart titled “Dealers indicated that the use of leverage by hedge funds remained largely unchanged.” The x-axis is in years and spans from 2011 to 2023. The y-axis is net percentage and ranges from -80% to 40%. Data are quarterly. The first line, titled “Hedge funds”, is designated by a thin, solid black line. This series begins around -50% at the start of 2012 but rises to round 20% by 2013 and remains between -20% and 20% between 2013 and 2022. In 2022, this series briefly dips below -20% before rising back to around 0%. The second line, titled “Trading REITs”, is designated by a medium-thickness, solid blue line. This series begins around 0% at the start of 2012. It remains around 0% until mid-2013, when it falls to around -40% for three quarters before returning to roughly 0%. This series remains around 0% until 2020, when it plummets to almost -80%. It then returns back to around 0% by early 2021, where it remains through 2023:Q3. The third line, titled “Insurance companies”, is designated by a thick, solid red line. This series begins at 0% in 2012 and remains around 0% through 2023:Q3, never falling below -10% or above 10%. The fourth line, titled “Mutual funds”, is designated by a dashed black line. This series begins around 0% and remains around 0% until 2020, when it briefly falls to nearly -20%. This series then recovers to around 0%, where it remains through 2023.

Note: Net percentage equals the percentage of institutions that reported increased use of financial leverage over the past 3 months minus the percentage of institutions that reported decreased use of financial leverage over the past 3 months. REIT is real estate investment trust.

Source: Federal Reserve Board, Senior Credit Officer Opinion Survey on Dealer Financing Terms.

Figure 3.14. Issuance of non-agency securitized products has slowed significantly since 2022

This is a stacked bar chart with five categories titled, "Issuance of non-agency securitized products has slowed significantly since 2021." The x-axis is in years and spans from 2001 to 2023. The bar for 2023 is annualized. The y-axis is in billions of real dollars and ranges from 0 to 3500. Data are annual. All five categories together begin at about 1000 billion in 2001 and peak around 2800 billion in 2006. The total then drops to about 315 billion in 2008 and increases to about 650 billion in 2019 before dropping slightly to about 500 billion in 2020. Then, the total goes back up to 850 billion in 2021 before declining to around 500 billion in 2023. ‘Other’, represented in light gray, begins at about 260 billion in 2001, peaks at about 325 billion in 2006-2007, then drops to about 165 billion in 2008. The series rises to about 200 billion in 2009 before dipping back to around 115 billion in 2011. It generally rises through 2018, where it hits about 160 billion. The variable decreases to about 125 billion in 2020 before rising to around 160 billion in 2022. For 2023, the measured value is around 125 billion. ‘Private-label RMBS,’ represented in dark gray, begins at around 420 billion in 2001, peaks at about 1700 billion in 2006, then drops sharply to 42 billion in 2009 and stays near there through 2012. It then increases steadily to just over 125 billion in 2019 before dipping slightly in 2020 and spiking up to around 186 billion in 2021. The variable ends at just over 70 billion in 2023. ‘Non-agency CMBS’, represented in red shading, begins at about 115 billion dollars in 2001, peaks at about 335 billion dollars in 2007, rapidly decreases to about 15 billion dollars in 2008, and reaches a low of about 3 billion dollars in 2009. It then slowly increases to just over 120 billion dollars in 2015. From this point, it alternates back and forth from about 115 billion dollars to around 80 billion, reaching just over 130 billion dollars in 2021 before declining to about 75 billion dollars in 2022. For the annualized 2023 data, the series falls to 36 billion dollars. ‘Auto loan/lease ABS,’ represented in dark blue, begins at about 140 billion dollars in 2001 and remains around that level until 2008 where it decreases to 50 billion dollars. The bar increases to about 110 billion dollars by 2012 and gradually increases to around 150 billion dollars by 2021. It declines to around 110 billion dollars in 2022 and lowers to around 146 billion in 2023. The bar representing ‘CDOs (including CLOs and ABS CDOs)’, represented in tan, begins at about 95 billion dollars in 2001, peaks at about 575 billion dollars in 2006, decreases to about 75 billion dollars by 2008 and then 6 billion dollars in 2010. It increases to about 260 billion dollars in 2021, then decreases to 118 billion dollars in 2023.

Note: The data from the first and second quarters of 2023 are annualized to create the 2023 bar. RMBS is residential mortgage-backed securities; CMBS is commercial mortgage-backed securities; CDO is collateralized debt obligation; CLO is collateralized loan obligation. The “other” category consists of other asset-backed securities (ABS) backed by credit card debt, student loans, equipment, floor plans, and miscellaneous receivables; resecuritized real estate mortgage investment conduit (Re-REMIC) RMBS; and Re-REMIC CMBS. The data are converted to constant 2023 dollars using the consumer price index. The key identifies bars in order from top to bottom.

Source: Green Street, Commercial Mortgage Alert's CMBS Database and Asset-Backed Alert's ABS Database; consumer price index, Bureau of Labor Statistics via Haver Analytics.

Figure 3.15. Bank credit commitments to nonbank financial institutions remained high

This is a stacked line chart titled " Bank credit commitments to nonbank financial institutions remained high." The x-axis measures time and ranges from years 2018 to 2023. The y-axis measures billions of dollars and ranges from 0 to 2250. The data are quarterly ending at 2023:Q2. There are 10 variables charted on the plot, which sum up to represent total committed amounts extended to nonbank financials by large banks. The overall trend has been steadily increasing from about 1300 billion in 2018 to just over 2000 billion in 2023:Q2. The first variable, 'Financial transactions processing', is designated by orange shading. This variable increases steadily from about 21 billion in 2018 to 36 billion in 2023:Q2. The second variable, 'Private equity, BDCs, and credit funds', is designated by turquoise shading. This variable steadily increases from 48 billion in 2018 to 77 billion in 2023:Q2. The third variable, 'Broker-dealers', is designated by light blue shading. This variable steadily increases from 106 billion in 2018 to 195 billion in 2023:Q2. The fourth variable, 'Insurance companies', is designated by medium blue shading. This variable decreases from 139 billion in 2018 to 107 billion in 2019:Q1 before increasing to 115 billion in 2019:Q2 where it hovers between 112 billion and 120 billion through 2021:Q4, then rises to 139 billion by 2023:Q2. The fifth variable, 'REITs', is designated by red shading. It begins around 118 billion in 2018:Q1 and increases to 124 billion in 2018:Q3. It then falls steadily through 2023:Q2 where it ends at 38 billion. The sixth variable, 'Open-end investment funds', is designated by green shading. This variable begins at 112 billion in 2018 and increases steadily to around 180 billion in 2023:Q2. The seventh variable, 'Special purpose entities, CLOs, and ABS', is designated by light gray shading. This variable starts at 126 billion in 2018 and increases steadily to end at 341 billion in 2023:Q2. The eighth variable, 'Other financial vehicles', is designated by black shading. This variable increases steadily from 198 billion in 2018 to end around 406 billion in 2023:Q2. The ninth variable, 'Real estate lenders and lessors', is designated by beige shading. This variable has increased steadily from 161 billion in 2018:Q1 to almost 370 billion in 2023:Q2. The tenth variable, 'Consumer lenders, other lenders, and lessors', is designated by dark blue shading. This variable starts at 180 billion in 2018 and remains at about that level until 2019:Q2, where it decreases to 166 billion. It then increases steadily throughout the rest of the plotted period, rising to 223 billion in 2023:Q2.

Note: Committed amounts on credit lines and term loans extended to nonbank financial institutions by a balanced panel of 24 bank holding companies that have filed Form FR Y-14Q in every quarter since 2018:Q1. Nonbank financial institutions are identified based on reported North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes. In addition to NAICS codes, a name-matching algorithm is applied to identify specific entities such as real estate investment trusts (REITs), special purpose entities, collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), and asset-backed securities (ABS). BDC is business development company. REITs incorporate both mortgage (trading) REITs and equity REITs. Broker-dealers also include commodity contracts dealers and brokerages and other securities and commodity exchanges. Other financial vehicles include closed-end investment and mutual funds.

Source: Federal Reserve Board, Form FR Y-14Q (Schedule H.1), Capital Assessments and Stress Testing.

Figure 3.16. Aggregate credit commitments to nonbank financial institutions increased over the past year but varied across sectors

This is a bar chart titled “Bank credit commitments to nonbank financial institutions resumed growing in the first half of 2023”. The x-axis shows the ten different sectors of NBFIs and a total column. The y-axis represents percent growth of loan commitments and utilization rates to NBFIs and ranges from -40 to 40 percent. The data are quarterly. The chart shows the 2023:Q2-over-2022:Q2 growth rate. There are two variables plotted on the chart for each sector. ‘Committed amounts’ is represented as a red bar and ‘utilized amounts’ is represented as a light gray bar. From left to right, the first sector is ‘REITs’. This sector saw its committed amount shrink by about 16 percent and its utilized amount shrink by about 35 percent as of 2023:Q2 vs 2022:Q2. The second sector is ‘Financial transactions processing’ which saw its committed amount grow by about 1 percent and saw its utilized amount grow by about 28 percent as of 2023:Q2 vs 2022:Q2. The third sector is ‘Consumer, leasing, & other lenders’. This sector saw its committed amount grow by about 8 percent and saw its utilized amount grow by about 17 percent as of 2023:Q2 vs 2022:Q2. The fourth sector is ‘Insurance companies’ which saw their committed amount grow by about 6 percent and saw their utilized amount grow by about 4 percent as of 2023:Q2 vs 2022:Q2. The fifth sector is ‘PE, BDCs & credit funds’. This sector saw its committed amount grow by about 3 percent and saw its utilized amount shrink by about 4 percent as of 2023:Q2 vs 2022:Q2. The sixth sector is ‘Broker-dealers’ which saw their committed amount grow by about 5 percent and saw their utilized amount grow by about 5 percent in as of 2023:Q2 vs 2022:Q2. The seventh sector is ‘Open-end investment funds’ which have seen their committed amount grow by about 2 percent and saw their utilized amount shrink by about 11 percent as of 2023:Q2 vs 2022:Q2. The eighth sector is ‘SPEs, CLOs, & ABS’. This sector saw its committed amount grow by about 26 percent and saw its utilized amount grow by about 35 percent as of 2023:Q2 vs 2022:Q2. The ninth sector is ‘Real estate lenders & lessors’. This sector saw its committed amount shrink by about 0.5 percent and saw its utilized amount grow by about 2 percent as of 2023:Q2 vs 2022:Q2. The tenth sector is ‘Other financial vehicles’ which saw their committed amount shrink by about 9 percent and saw their utilized amount shrink by about 16 percent as of 2023:Q2 vs 2022:Q2. There are two bars showing the total for all NBFIs, which show their committed amounts grew by about 3 percent and saw their utilized amount grow by about 3 percent as of 2023:Q2 vs 2022:Q2.

Note: 2023:Q2-over-2022:Q2 growth rates as of the end of the second quarter of 2023. REIT is real estate investment trust; PE is private equity; BDC is business development company; SPE is special purpose entity; CLO is collateralized loan obligation; ABS is asset-backed securities. The key identifies bars in order from left to right.

Source: Federal Reserve Board, Form FR Y-14Q (Schedule H.1), Capital Assessments and Stress Testing.

Figure 4.1. Ratios of runnable money-like liabilities to GDP edged down but remained above their historical medians

Percent of GDP

Quarter Other Securities lending Commercial paper Domestic money market funds Repurchase agreements Uninsured deposits
2002 Q1 76.3545728593294 68.1466487401542 64.4747797398079 51.4275218939816 30.2458526771225 11.2213538044234
2002 Q2 76.9426438224867 68.7177460488015 64.7566476797762 52.4156149687491 32.0475006427263 11.4801712047765
2002 Q3 76.8676357748815 68.3269556128959 65.5758184662844 53.4132175809174 33.3354939018339 12.3815075882257
2002 Q4 77.8880579498762 68.9317152180586 66.2666265530519 53.878602607601 33.5738928410937 12.8816494167731
2003 Q1 78.6987929875545 69.534127641736 66.2903311595407 54.1722057047234 34.1999104740764 13.1955359210072
2003 Q2 79.9717126545648 70.7509435077121 67.056868972301 55.3561589055029 36.374746814655 14.0221193541991
2003 Q3 78.0762949884213 69.167632292879 64.6547340298222 53.4903705410501 35.1383217936248 13.5069257329103
2003 Q4 77.055226794471 68.2640659914319 63.6246915106024 52.6788417685579 35.2132358351386 13.5338506885407
2004 Q1 78.6683941958277 69.6688486926768 65.1660568365275 54.0538087366675 37.2369355064123 14.0374265695776
2004 Q2 79.2468384362478 70.1480011215459 64.7432869828231 54.0109345921164 37.907180014836 14.4192314429104
2004 Q3 80.4233401969134 71.0207081356155 66.2301328568582 55.6170620308672 39.9980983322506 14.66919895473
2004 Q4 80.4172679188649 71.0671325738101 65.6356616393734 54.4996336476971 39.3619283819187 15.1441066110524
2005 Q1 81.6253495785547 72.3385207808693 66.32265344398 55.078713106873 40.4317056431619 15.042028041311
2005 Q2 83.5795672145146 74.3874664870517 67.7469122052684 56.1791202064961 41.9133534270765 15.1564307161029
2005 Q3 84.4048744716541 75.3297044311705 69.2081652275471 57.3620848165222 42.9366671569679 15.281148795558
2005 Q4 84.1588503252471 75.0997889285067 69.4943884107722 57.1852178289991 42.3560330361714 15.7771740910611
2006 Q1 85.8316816234504 76.7339080383304 71.1245249625214 58.6413275786274 43.7069590833184 15.4926202128477
2006 Q2 87.6224083759608 78.2914187348456 72.0345623882233 59.2070144933773 44.2478326925399 15.7642597820096
2006 Q3 92.1653688629352 82.2453490782638 75.212538929924 61.7690085009497 46.1527866203715 15.466179927928
2006 Q4 94.1309200075803 83.7740891727888 76.1752609971506 62.2324094074396 45.9457928752976 16.2619880698941
2007 Q1 97.5268725327433 87.069712064647 78.5060942363991 64.4133807076293 47.6765209840285 15.3948766299465
2007 Q2 98.6410305321552 88.1601933129645 79.4356144910015 64.7891759424378 47.6717302379441 15.2445678079739
2007 Q3 96.9701700046246 86.4184582304306 78.8851628100191 66.132642405332 47.4141490928527 15.2139356654784
2007 Q4 97.7972665466663 86.9753601881544 79.2366754128379 67.0852313545431 46.5477211841222 16.0589030929873
2008 Q1 101.511914020168 90.225698965328 83.8904624213734 71.7585117107014 48.8931371405612 16.0681219001032
2008 Q2 103.77776711114 92.0971792763156 80.0554266379247 68.2965123159878 45.3813536788898 15.5057640897241
2008 Q3 97.984749007428 86.7835956097271 79.9880853026568 69.5522903912524 46.3385344425027 16.3760690320747
2008 Q4 87.9614723158102 76.8492375643982 70.3202509831473 59.3723041801182 33.9499397182369 12.1927520354844
2009 Q1 87.1467261298638 76.2470405705528 70.8506489531762 60.9835111111514 34.1908130524992 12.1270738487319
2009 Q2 85.8118104409122 75.0637588623638 68.9315392322097 60.0394040207765 34.0482314493322 12.1273265263305
2009 Q3 79.4105306596635 69.1248812495078 63.1383902665625 55.0457991551555 30.6294749948041 8.17650848349374
2009 Q4 74.5945239055894 65.2735606510301 59.4708060504453 51.7078226799661 28.9844377999467 8.66623584100023
2010 Q1 77.9513768349309 68.9032167022032 63.2352241536096 55.9138114827449 34.8317131408314 12.2150989342082
2010 Q2 75.0506602296332 66.4678129296003 60.8600015074037 53.9972994013106 35.0686963675134 12.2369494995408
2010 Q3 75.7080381979444 67.1004949591171 61.8771458996916 54.9388397811807 36.3777731343798 13.6654401103405
2010 Q4 70.5315526054195 62.1652538082961 57.0651571385293 50.1579830163669 31.8659361004071 9.5322926971254
2011 Q1 71.1702226857275 62.9889036621911 57.939132378757 50.5703488879728 32.775865483758 9.61279672908339
2011 Q2 70.6993932432274 62.958531324578 57.7593478918103 50.8071042081471 33.3653880086891 10.0977800181193
2011 Q3 69.3824569956191 61.982539598289 57.3851358686256 50.9660630468329 34.2718037913608 10.3750482225041
2011 Q4 68.0463575047726 61.0633186533062 56.9017279481717 50.7837116057491 34.0482300476372 10.4607215398345
2012 Q1 67.5488927004117 60.7984062603575 56.6276603593468 50.5323161529209 34.1659655334027 10.5383693102781
2012 Q2 67.0468813590838 60.2760669079599 56.0850926170437 50.2435348454116 34.5496670595657 10.5993313751109
2012 Q3 66.6403035909875 59.8825634627766 55.8402192779643 50.0827471923332 34.448427166625 10.4764855547638
2012 Q4 67.7810672337859 61.2402211885708 57.6399231633128 51.9279131706256 35.9777527839348 11.9014878361014
2013 Q1 75.0673913606273 68.4584775962797 64.7510834211066 58.7993371309161 42.9240774655355 20.0620090367825
2013 Q2 73.4469629037248 67.1351079696929 63.232075858502 57.3724708258322 41.9264195806469 20.0543246180199
2013 Q3 73.247782562527 67.1816265148792 63.0956135250817 57.3943736082429 41.8245457026088 20.805092739178
2013 Q4 72.6784905696066 65.2807792452498 61.4839650174532 56.0086570911189 40.3834504181853 21.3920076378355
2014 Q1 73.7927606480179 66.1630898294241 61.8911092875872 56.1817771849438 40.6772784731559 21.4604213138379
2014 Q2 72.5605156851766 64.9673349282763 60.716687416433 55.0358267725518 40.3663166750024 21.8937606163614
2014 Q3 71.6648959687346 64.2223285615299 60.0197875669485 54.4829848864586 40.0140441382273 22.0844801100404
2014 Q4 71.0365456198165 63.9582651045621 60.022261810186 54.885672097042 40.0121998440445 22.6241851326275
2015 Q1 71.2336570768805 64.2328875520825 60.3027586004798 55.0857382124778 40.2968284706438 22.7017154678427
2015 Q2 69.3055556602213 62.5896638492843 58.8560311105167 53.5580638576496 39.3678017261788 22.496921582197
2015 Q3 69.684329493995 63.0186205655382 59.4141563225584 54.0833992259479 39.5825935181625 22.4265274336355
2015 Q4 69.0318172102284 62.3260170998317 58.8035046016451 53.7524110003845 38.9461156453062 22.8384964292305
2016 Q1 69.7543341063565 63.2134044590162 59.6398730784543 54.1836352213566 39.3058945609177 22.9658089074043
2016 Q2 70.1573139742575 63.5171012126487 60.0258098843833 54.6517395989018 40.1900123867006 23.1387936243053
2016 Q3 69.7128512709358 63.0333342813712 59.7222564176965 54.953192581987 40.656451754338 23.6893323323571
2016 Q4 68.4600170129032 61.7071264851471 58.6573678069011 54.0760088296624 39.9048273924174 23.8873858247628
2017 Q1 68.4412559382748 61.7253510918894 58.548341960099 53.7411171829784 39.8619527215234 23.6706879265931
2017 Q2 68.5172284455153 61.8425929088105 58.4583032474819 53.749466399277 40.1521681379392 23.5106703355656
2017 Q3 68.4842146135656 61.7069378343606 58.3063703969836 53.37028640305 39.6366061372784 23.5406365033722
2017 Q4 68.4327748778388 61.7821184080811 58.5094872241767 53.7402511563806 39.7960947001131 23.669586123399
2018 Q1 67.5859759269197 61.0907703424882 57.8117863079422 52.7048854005476 38.8726370681979 23.2270787001232
2018 Q2 66.9928126297379 60.4550876757819 57.1322514714525 52.073165388739 38.3646930269052 22.6854265534066
2018 Q3 66.7605101648988 60.1892696576118 57.0331635267289 52.055777733334 38.3275284604216 22.7568662132556
2018 Q4 68.7723471287272 62.2828526583404 59.411814241476 54.6997946474169 40.5377380349207 23.1911515561374
2019 Q1 70.4068728381159 63.9682261750343 60.1486898923079 55.1633440661047 40.6079096716506 22.4966023983312
2019 Q2 70.2276073383339 63.7644900732591 60.7306027490888 55.7210058951355 41.0190670936595 22.5758486287265
2019 Q3 72.161107605713 65.7115045217714 62.8409324512138 57.9742581862508 42.475262029875 22.9864469767022
2019 Q4 72.1339259250693 65.7024577805243 63.0615131499348 58.3198799041594 42.0113980444172 23.5124347445644
2020 Q1 78.3278207289862 71.5988500520606 68.8840886839087 63.8982669313545 46.0877702999211 26.8787301700358
2020 Q2 90.0596271846246 82.2465823693966 78.9867252255573 73.9643437076227 50.2959350256449 31.0968016748411
2020 Q3 82.890250009161 75.7156040644579 72.9315592786255 68.5411362411359 47.7441814691607 29.8780922791988
2020 Q4 82.9964532785489 76.0349700240775 73.1422372605782 68.9401853001461 49.2150287449604 31.0762648713919
2021 Q1 82.2344584483024 75.3566195893822 72.3209364419911 67.4104277111237 47.9526147182949 31.6212194792321
2021 Q2 81.1828949301398 74.3670286472401 71.1621153799639 66.4825300209777 46.9188779247812 31.6434936475904
2021 Q3 80.9213513458441 74.3175487765527 71.0327240791795 66.5172797552086 47.5086422448971 32.3820217625672
2021 Q4 80.3280383404923 73.862180729666 70.7614210846263 66.3429522208963 47.5105801617451 32.6735644360457
2022 Q1 79.1236857764416 72.9845626688292 69.7893640031282 65.0860057847437 46.7197709032028 32.3910553781394
2022 Q2 76.5501986025264 70.3871028899919 67.1660050326622 62.4624654746894 44.7417416683526 30.8836157411389
2022 Q3 74.435999016059 68.3079819040154 65.2125591057469 60.5826235479586 42.9978795038758 29.1827901033748
2022 Q4 73.7608573220269 67.6466735139037 64.5997496957724 59.899382550587 42.1573953562322 28.3823360995297
2023 Q1 74.8156089273742 68.6409101906251 65.6400302195478 60.352478730345 41.8130138769174 25.6140924409034
2023 Q2 74.8468840235376 68.7179355932803 65.7447115414505 60.505889790995 40.6554718109121 24.6058386061666

Note: The black striped area denotes the period from 2008:Q4 to 2012:Q4, when insured deposits increased because of the Transaction Account Guarantee program. The “other” category consists of variable-rate demand obligations (VRDOs), federal funds, funding-agreement-backed securities, private liquidity funds, offshore money market funds, short-term investment funds, local government investment pools, and stablecoins. Securities lending includes only lending collateralized by cash. GDP is gross domestic product. Values for VRDOs come from Bloomberg beginning in 2019:Q1. See Jack Bao, Josh David, and Song Han (2015), “The Runnables,” FEDS Notes (Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, September 3), https://www.federalreserve.gov/econresdata/notes/feds-notes/2015/the-runnables-20150903.html.

Source: Securities and Exchange Commission, Private Funds Statistics; iMoneyNet, Inc., Offshore Money Fund Analyzer; Bloomberg Finance L.P.; Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association: U.S. Municipal Variable-Rate Demand Obligation Update; Risk Management Association, Securities Lending Report; DTCC Solutions LLC, an affiliate of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation: commercial paper data; Federal Reserve Board staff calculations based on Investment Company Institute data; Federal Reserve Board, Statistical Release Z.1, “Financial Accounts of the United States”; Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income (Call Report); gross domestic product, Bureau of Economic Analysis via Haver Analytics; DeFiLlama.

Figure 4.2. The amount of high-quality liquid assets held by most banks continued to decrease in the first half of 2023

This is a line chart titled "The amount of high-quality liquid assets held by banks decreased in 2023.” The x-axis measures time and ranges from the years 2001 to 2023. The y-axis represents liquid assets as a percent of total assets, and ranges from 0 to 32 percent. The data are quarterly. There are three variables charted on the plot. The first line, labeled ”Other BHCs” is designated by a solid black line and ranges from about 5 percent to about 18 percent. The series falls from about 11 percent in 2001 to about 5 percent in 2008:Q1 and then rises steadily to about 12 percent in 2011 where it remains until the end of 2012. The line then declines steadily to around 10 percent at the end of 2019 before sharply increasing to about 19 percent by 2021:Q4. The series then declines rapidly to about 12 percent by 2023:Q2. The second line, labeled “Large non-G-SIBs”, is designated by a solid blue line and ranges from 6 to about 25 percent. This variable falls from about 10 percent to about 6 percent in 2008:Q2 before rising to 14 percent by 2011. The series falls to 12 percent in 2013 before rising slowly to 16 percent in 2017, where it remains with a slight decline to around 15 percent by the end of 2019. The series then rises sharply from early 2020 to early 2021 to about 25 percent, before falling to about 18 percent by 2022:Q4 and then rising to about 20 percent as of 2023:Q2. The third line, labeled “G-SIBs”, is designated by a solid red line and ranges from about 6 to 31 percent. It begins around 10 percent and remains there until 2004. The series then falls to around 6 percent by 2006, staying there until 2008. The series jumps sharply to 13 percent in late 2008, and then increases steadily to 22 percent through 2014. The series remains around 22 percent until late 2018 when it temporarily dips to 20 percent, before rising quickly to about 31 percent by the end of 2021. The series then declines sharply to about 25 percent ending on 2023:Q2.

Note: Sample consists of domestic bank holding companies (BHCs), intermediate holding companies (IHCs) with a substantial U.S. commercial banking presence, and commercial banks. G-SIBs are global systemically important U.S. banks. Large non–G-SIBs are BHCs and IHCs with greater than $100 billion in total assets that are not G-SIBs. Liquid assets are cash plus estimates of securities that qualify as high-quality liquid assets as defined by the Liquidity Coverage Ratio requirement. Accordingly, Level 1 assets and discounts and restrictions on Level 2 assets are incorporated into the estimate.

Source: Federal Reserve Board, Form FR Y-9C, Consolidated Financial Statements for Holding Companies

Figure 4.3. Banks’ reliance on short-term wholesale funding remained low

This is a line chart titled "Banks' reliance on short-term wholesale funding remained low." The x-axis measures time and ranges from the years 2000 to 2023. The y-axis represents short-term wholesale funding as a percent of assets, and ranges from 5 to 40 percent. The data are quarterly. There is one variable charted on the plot. The variable is designated by a solid black line and ranges from about 10 to 35 percent. The variable begins near 27 percent in 2000:Q1, declines steadily to about 23 percent in 2003:Q4, increases to about 33 percent by the end of 2006 and remains there until 2008:Q1. It then steadily declines to about 16 percent in 2015:Q1 and remains near that level through 2019:Q3 before steadily declining to about 11 percent in 2021:Q4. The line then ticks up to about 15 percent ending 2023:Q2.

Note: Short-term wholesale funding is defined as the sum of large time deposits with maturity less than 1 year, federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase, deposits in foreign offices with maturity less than 1 year, trading liabilities (excluding revaluation losses on derivatives), and other borrowed money with maturity less than 1 year. The shaded bars indicate periods of economic recession as defined by the National Bureau of Economic Research: March 2001-November 2001, December 2007-June 2009, and February 2020-April 2020.

Source: Federal Reserve Board, Form FR Y-9C, Consolidated Financial Statements for Holding Companies.

Figure 4.4. Credit extended by the Bank Term Funding Program stabilized at around $110 billion

Billions of dollars

Date Primary credit Bank Term Funding Program
02/22/2023 4.558 0
03/01/2023 4.362 0
03/08/2023 4.581 0
03/15/2023 164.796 11.943
03/22/2023 163.917 53.669
03/29/2023 152.56 64.403
04/05/2023 148.726 79.021
04/12/2023 139.47 71.837
04/19/2023 143.907 73.982
04/26/2023 155.182 81.327
05/03/2023 81.123 75.778
05/10/2023 92.424 83.101
05/17/2023 96.054 87.006
05/24/2023 96.118 91.907
05/31/2023 97.586 93.615
06/07/2023 103.328 100.161
06/14/2023 105.587 101.969
06/21/2023 105.943 102.735
06/28/2023 106.29 103.081
07/05/2023 105.315 101.959
07/12/2023 104.997 102.305
07/19/2023 105.56 102.927
07/26/2023 107.327 105.078
08/02/2023 107.582 105.684
08/09/2023 108.775 106.864
08/16/2023 109.208 107.242
08/23/2023 109.576 107.386
08/30/2023 110.434 107.527
09/06/2023 109.906 107.855
09/13/2023 110.691 107.993
09/20/2023 110.677 107.599
09/27/2023 110.908 107.715
10/04/2023 110.438 107.665
10/11/2023 111.464 108.884

Note: The key identifies series in order from top to bottom.

Source: Federal Reserve Board, Statistical Release H.4.1, “Factors Affecting Reserve Balances.”

Figure 4.5. Growth in money market funds was concentrated in retail prime funds

This is a stacked line chart titled “Growth in money market funds was concentrated in retail prime funds.” The x-axis ranges from 2000 to July 2023. The y-axis ranges from 0 to 6000 in billions of real dollars. The data are monthly. There are four variables charted on the plot. The first variable is labeled “Government,” it is designated by the tan-filled portion of the chart, and ranges from about 500 to about 4650. This variable starts around 600 billion dollars and remains around that level until mid-2007. The series then increases to around 2000 billion dollars by the start of 2009 before falling back to around 1000 billion dollars by 2011. The series remains around this level until the end of 2015 when the series increases rapidly to around 2700 billion dollars by the end of 2016. The series stays at this level until the end of 2018, when it begins a steady rise to about 3000 billion dollars by the end of 2019, and rises sharply to its series maximum of around 4650 billion dollars in early 2020 before steadily falling to about 4000 billion by October 2022. The variable then remains at 4000 billion until February 2023, after which it saw a pronounced rise to just over 4500 as of July 2023. The second portion is labeled “Tax exempt.” This series is designated by the orange-filled portion of the chart and ranges from about 90 to about just over 700. This variable starts around 380 billion dollars and increases continuously to the peak value of around 700 billion dollars in 2008. Starting in 2009, the variable declines quickly and then more gradually through 2015, ending 2015 at around 300 billion dollars. The series drops sharply to 160 billion dollars in 2016 and remains at that level through mid-2020, before declining steadily to around 90 by January 2022. The variable then slowly increases to around 110 billion by November 2022 and has hovered around 110 billion from then to July 2023. The third portion is labeled “Retail prime,” it is designated by the light blue filled portion of the chart, and ranges from about 200 to just under 1400 billion. This variable starts at 1300 billion dollars and fluctuates around this level early 2002. The variable declines gradually from mid-2002 until 2005 where it hits a low of around 850 billion dollars. The series then increases steadily from then through 2008 when it reaches a local peak of around 1100 billion dollars. The series then falls quickly, and then more slowly, through 2015, ending 2015 at about 600 billion dollars. The series falls sharply in 2016 to about 320 billion dollars and remains there until mid-2018. It then increases steadily to around 550 by early 2020. The series falls sharply to 350 billion dollars in mid-2020 before decreasing to about 200 billion dollars by April 2022. The variable then steadily increases to about 580 billion dollars by the end of the plotted series in July 2023. The fourth portion is labeled “Institutional prime,” it is designated by the dark blue filled portion of the chart and ranges from about 160 to just under 1800. This variable starts at 770 billion dollars and generally increases from 2000 through 2002 to about 1400 billion dollars. From 2003 through early 2005, the series falls to about 900 billion dollars and then starts rising again, hitting about 1800 billion dollars in August 2008. The variable has a sharp decline in late 2008 to about 1300 billion dollars before quickly rebounding to about 1700 billion dollars in August 2009. The series generally falls over the next few years, hitting about 1200 billion dollars by early 2012, where it remains until late 2015. The variable experiences an accelerating decline beginning in early 2016, ending the year with its series minimum value of around 150 billion dollars. The series increases through early 2020 to about 370 billion dollars, drops sharply in March 2020 to 260 billion dollars, increases back to about 360 billion dollars, before declining steadily to 220 billion dollars by June 2022. The series increases slightly to around 270 billion dollars by the end of the series of July 2023.

Note: The data are converted to constant 2023 dollars using the consumer price index.

Source: Federal Reserve Board staff calculations based on Investment Company Institute data; consumer price index, Bureau of Labor Statistics via Haver Analytics.

Figure 4.6. Corporate bonds held by bond mutual funds stabilized in the first half of 2023

Billions of dollars (real)

Quarter Corporate bonds
2000 Q1 389.44956462142
2000 Q2 385.302061104425
2000 Q3 370.178131631042
2000 Q4 338.516372216051
2001 Q1 346.702783439575
2001 Q2 349.8101972362
2001 Q3 345.784839174948
2001 Q4 422.99255379654
2002 Q1 433.97613491662
2002 Q2 481.725404669138
2002 Q3 465.243576578073
2002 Q4 466.214674047838
2003 Q1 471.280086863388
2003 Q2 518.945860392015
2003 Q3 523.856878383601
2003 Q4 515.402561997111
2004 Q1 559.071408502148
2004 Q2 482.012636961891
2004 Q3 483.510609423347
2004 Q4 495.21813124432
2005 Q1 469.532027007642
2005 Q2 472.906142985433
2005 Q3 438.804671219099
2005 Q4 437.996785891172
2006 Q1 450.638572556971
2006 Q2 434.674708075465
2006 Q3 436.230695839751
2006 Q4 459.548117164105
2007 Q1 464.917628784148
2007 Q2 455.088779594117
2007 Q3 442.298755944396
2007 Q4 430.415531567244
2008 Q1 419.433455477832
2008 Q2 442.499715345933
2008 Q3 407.028146353254
2008 Q4 375.445261020359
2009 Q1 395.950986546549
2009 Q2 463.528151716971
2009 Q3 522.105216004228
2009 Q4 596.400340226631
2010 Q1 687.249525631318
2010 Q2 693.967929109748
2010 Q3 777.74867904521
2010 Q4 891.06160078606
2011 Q1 932.759920405895
2011 Q2 935.248340234587
2011 Q3 848.632332771036
2011 Q4 884.257324229018
2012 Q1 978.865604096706
2012 Q2 999.207329502827
2012 Q3 1093.86658350823
2012 Q4 1158.25134773323
2013 Q1 1188.12101810796
2013 Q2 1197.51820995451
2013 Q3 1224.82007710277
2013 Q4 1269.93439161798
2014 Q1 1311.16705671428
2014 Q2 1345.98293396185
2014 Q3 1329.43722203007
2014 Q4 1360.10096504639
2015 Q1 1414.01499421899
2015 Q2 1402.52572830633
2015 Q3 1386.2252626592
2015 Q4 1313.65201009978
2016 Q1 1367.46775660772
2016 Q2 1399.62886931998
2016 Q3 1437.18136373797
2016 Q4 1382.04748119429
2017 Q1 1420.4463097736
2017 Q2 1420.30500035957
2017 Q3 1424.44748759503
2017 Q4 1386.2511236619
2018 Q1 1364.74638802431
2018 Q2 1355.40355587484
2018 Q3 1404.9982146034
2018 Q4 1315.86281628394
2019 Q1 1434.30289181484
2019 Q2 1456.16132280866
2019 Q3 1487.8357460176
2019 Q4 1484.04385085441
2020 Q1 1417.44824286751
2020 Q2 1742.88668164499
2020 Q3 1780.98847650773
2020 Q4 1805.20144148761
2021 Q1 1778.50300649801
2021 Q2 1830.02674542822
2021 Q3 1762.19722920402
2021 Q4 1706.83069916205
2022 Q1 1494.70891368634
2022 Q2 1258.01719539008
2022 Q3 1175.74725082007
2022 Q4 1172.78255772532
2023 Q1 1201.55269259386
2023 Q2 1182.655

Note: The data show holdings of all U.S. corporate bonds by all U.S.-domiciled mutual funds (holdings of foreign bonds are excluded). The data are converted to constant 2023 dollars using the consumer price index.

Source: Federal Reserve Board staff estimates based on Federal Reserve Board, Statistical Release Z.1, “Financial Accounts of the United States”; consumer price index, Bureau of Labor Statistics via Haver Analytics.

Figure 4.7. Assets held by bank loan and high-yield mutual funds continued to decrease in 2023

This is a stacked line chart titled “Assets held by high-yield and bank loan mutual funds continued to decrease in 2023.” The x-axis shows time and ranges from 2000 to 2023. The y-axis is given in billions of real dollars and ranges from 0 to 600 billion dollars. The data are monthly. There are two variables plotted in this chart. The first, ‘High-yield bond mutual funds,’ is shown in a tan shaded portion of the chart. It starts around 215 billion in 2000 and generally declines until late 2002, reaching a local minimum of around 150 billion dollars. From there, the series sees a marked increase to around 225 billion by early 2004, and gradually declines from there to around 200 billion by late 2008, before sharply declining to another local minimum of around 150 billion dollars in late 2009. From here, the series sees a rapid increase over the next several years, reaching a series maximum of around 375 billion dollars by late 2014. From there, the series experiences a steady decline to around 250 by late 2019/early 2020, before seeing another marked increase to local peak of around 340 billion dollars in mid-2021. From here, the series falls off quite rapidly, ending just over 225 billion dollars in august 2022. The second variable, ‘Bank loan mutual funds,’ is shown in a dark red shaded area of the chart. The series starts off at around 30 billion dollars in 2000 and generally hovers around there until late 2001 when it begins a stead decline to around 20 billion by late 2003. From here the series sees a prolonged rise to about 50-60 billion dollars by mid-2007, after which it sees a steady decline to around 30 by mid-2009. From there the series sees another period of stead growth until early-to-mid-2014, reaching its series peak just above 190 in March of 2014 before another period of decline, this time to around 110 by mid 2016. From here the series sees another period of growth, this time to around 160 by mid-2018. From here, the series sees yet another drop, this time to a sustained local minimum around 75 through 2020. From here the series sees on last rise to around 130 by mid-2022, after which the series sees a rapid decline, ending at around 80 billion in August 2023.

Note: The data are converted to constant 2023 dollars using the consumer price index. The key identifies series in order from top to bottom.

Source: Investment Company Institute; consumer price index, Bureau of Labor Statistics via Haver Analytics.

Figure 4.8. The outflows that bond and bank loan mutual funds experienced in 2022 have stabilized

This is a stacked bar chart titled “The outflows that bond and bank loan mutual funds experienced in 2022 have stabilized.” The x-axis ranges from January 2017 to August 2023, with labels for February, May, August, and November of each year. The y-axis is in billions of dollars and ranges from negative 150 billion to 150 billion. The data are monthly. There are three variables plotted on the chart. The first, “Investment-grade bon¬d mutual funds” is shown in blue. The series starts at 5 billion in January 2017 and rises until March 2017 to 18 billion. It then oscillates within the range of 0 to 15 billion until September 2018 aside from one peak in January 2018 at 22 billion. Throughout 2018, it hovers around 5-10 billion before dropping dramatically in October 2018 to negative 14 billion, further declining to -21 billion in December 2018. It goes back to 0 in January 2019 and generally rises to a local peak of 27 billion in January 2020. In March 2020, it plummets to negative 89 billion before returning to a range of 22 to 42 billion through the rest of 2020. It decreases to 28 billion in February 2021 and then continues to decrease through May 2022 to a local minimum of negative 40 billion. The series gradually increases from there to August 2023, ending just above zero. The second variable, “Bank loan mutual funds” is represented in orange. It begins around 3 billion and decreases through December 2017 to about negative 1 billion. It then increases steadily through June 2018 to about 2.5 billion dollars. It decreases to about negative 5 billion in November 2018 before dropping dramatically in December 2018 to about negative 13 billion. The variable recovers slowly through 2019 and ends at about negative 3 billion dollars in December 2019. In January 2020, it increases to around 0 before declining slightly in February and sharply to negative 11 billion in March and then hovers around negative 2 billion through October 2020. It increased to 0 in December 2020 and then continued to increase to about 4 billion by April 2021. The series declined slightly to hover around 2 billion until hitting its peak of about 8 billion in January 2022. The variable declined to around negative 5 billion in September 2022. The series then hovers around -5 billion until December 2022, increasing just above zero in August 2023. The third variable, “High-yield bond mutual funds,” is represented in tan. The bar begins around 700 million and decreases to around negative 7 billion in March 2017, staying negative or just barely above 0 through 2017. The series decreases significantly in February 2018 to -10 billion, and then increases to 1 billion dollars in April 2018. The series then remains between negative 2 billion and positive 1 billion through January 2019, where it reaches about 3 billion. The series again oscillates between about negative 4 billion and positive 1 billion until February 2020. In March 2020, the series steeply declines to its lowest point around negative 10 billion before rebounding to its peak of 12 billion in May 2020. The series declines to negative 2 billion in August 2020 and bounces between negative 5 billion and 1 billion through the end of the plotted period, ending at about negative 1 billion in August 2023.

Note: Mutual fund assets under management as of August 2023 included $2,211 billion in investment-grade bond mutual funds, $313 billion in high-yield bond mutual funds, and $78 billion in bank loan mutual funds. Bank loan mutual funds, also known as floating-rate bond funds, are excluded from high-yield bond mutual funds.

Source: Investment Company Institute.

Figure 4.9. Life insurers held more risky, illiquid assets on their balance sheets

Billions of dollars (real)

Date Other asset-backed securities Commercial real estate Commercial real estate, securitized Alternative investments Illiquid corporate debt Illiquid corporate debt, securitized Life Property and Casualty
2006 359.564928280171 397.261798692721 272.127718398274 199.215894810414 458.232233319679 14.5057162978855 32.9905615122503 10.0683280923053
2007 379.367708934352 413.025375652629 306.112243252191 259.200733895769 460.32659729838 19.7593797253699 35.087752393237 12.3539990679199
2008 359.008643418743 413.307734362253 301.217113719897 228.236388081256 467.825519149046 20.5338046967684 35.0289795480554 11.9225605862124
2009 320.185517648063 401.631788717399 303.659667101894 233.559819772752 474.978352282512 24.0673354316535 33.7637238469331 10.9563951523471
2010 279.191607451034 384.649457638178 254.816319833302 301.417393672136 490.048670549398 28.1841384460515 31.5285639712043 12.8790513257176
2011 276.90276104932 392.59269668222 238.764671887786 308.776819031098 490.952256354409 33.4754321839907 30.7459101410932 13.4391512695172
2012 252.239511680723 400.355549379283 215.645333126013 323.906028074214 499.778295767049 41.3449135242012 30.5946179019082 13.4193718865514
2013 242.951005757274 416.604554361907 207.509673954778 346.065381190992 526.625468009676 55.3092029009872 30.5409726132408 14.9572433680249
2014 242.881892265203 431.581620883301 207.284602062362 371.135448932212 524.460569121065 80.5314710805572 31.0375433025077 14.8766565276581
2015 228.464769518456 463.86315745636 200.837906632881 360.722595496884 544.773448589953 94.7519092527052 31.1007998826227 15.0230970125192
2016 232.440684620706 496.84431557082 193.035305040777 373.579835415533 570.142028327603 100.327755082012 31.1327565819578 15.1120676549853
2017 216.464115126996 528.668895945006 187.042114955683 398.824172801045 572.151338359526 108.813910338887 31.2466164114608 14.6807319385432
2018 211.419037073746 563.622601838278 197.178375577268 399.526844652179 555.790578773629 137.258616331883 32.5563195176233 14.8704314917184
2019 208.191243855954 611.51523998408 212.249952967302 436.513195652847 621.845073929062 162.248621391662 34.4315254458594 15.1207030192424
2020 202.487511024897 628.418982536913 222.026511006827 489.620471040829 715.034009345273 196.644243631989 35.2502626627302 16.1532091808184
2021 199.997393808205 624.185509929754 214.445762324856 534.070382566476 727.598592868527 221.361315222748 35.8806745720462 15.6680054544675
2022 191.04770008 613.734573199 200.961864395 505.14685283 739.366542773 238.903278498 37.7953083805903 15.1425350757285

Note: The data are converted to constant 2022 dollars using the consumer price index. Securitized products include collateralized loan obligations for corporate debt, private-label commercial mortgage-backed securities for commercial real estate (CRE), and private-label residential mortgage-backed securities and asset-backed securities (ABS) backed by autos, credit cards, consumer loans, and student loans for other ABS. Illiquid corporate debt includes private placements, bank and syndicated loans, and high-yield bonds. Alternative investments include assets filed under Schedule BA. P&C is property and casualty. The key identifies bars in order from top to bottom.

Source: Consumer price index, Bureau of Labor Statistics via Haver Analytics; staff estimates based on data from Bloomberg Finance L.P. and National Association of Insurance Commissioners Annual Statutory Filings.

Figure 4.10. Life insurers continued to rely on nontraditional liabilities

Billions of dollars (real)

Date Adjusted Repurchase Agreements Adjusted Securities Lending Adjusted FHLB Advances Adjusted Funding-Agreement Backed Securities
2006 4.65864194482691 206.232201005461 13.4377924569475 240.449436985838
2007 3.98763654717335 209.671921358452 24.2449194684468 248.031651900441
2008 11.6476139379795 70.2181245918859 48.3637149317962 234.749828193743
2009 14.314479995165 53.6544572996554 63.8428504364128 167.05935651011
2010 14.26196613684 58.6796022802961 59.1559757662536 130.219817987583
2011 Q1 8.27474749167581 63.0681611245659 59.2034289763681 116.038367867036
2011 Q2 9.10990649065605 62.1678185392315 58.1551813884994 109.749949138405
2011 Q3 9.16982173008765 59.5158384972879 58.157642114268 102.171413881969
2011 Q4 9.51615435968807 56.9101451173513 58.6798407300465 101.912451098011
2012 Q1 10.8443302358415 55.9503037183458 59.788367307084 98.2878012394168
2012 Q2 13.9775075030751 64.1645080215553 63.7955854028817 99.9262145344058
2012 Q3 14.8563974691863 72.5326281496411 63.3528200368274 101.168944661885
2012 Q4 14.8065862649258 70.8189199390629 61.6187701533029 97.0530364360442
2013 Q1 17.4526600124946 70.6155350117441 62.4355473031638 96.0791235046243
2013 Q2 17.3941492715367 71.7986537118981 63.6040968469707 85.9785796915934
2013 Q3 16.7502658475367 66.2653614181583 62.2668658258795 81.3157872657968
2013 Q4 14.9718480683196 72.7946122536664 63.2926255951108 79.0204190836943
2014 Q1 17.6209815746608 74.2617254944026 63.0722141833063 73.7628051241285
2014 Q2 17.6589466956461 76.4953537282152 63.3237827589839 77.5526012185512
2014 Q3 19.4501089317559 80.2863379684727 63.7539050984228 81.1108585312758
2014 Q4 14.8592757538542 69.4588040784608 64.0869554387658 86.6905347103979
2015 Q1 14.2670221015137 69.8947927617227 67.1622200943488 89.8410801425454
2015 Q2 13.8134444747919 64.7027335869652 68.4337900267186 87.6867504807775
2015 Q3 13.8385370696947 64.2160413382272 69.9571304418343 82.4187280468108
2015 Q4 10.987917286485 63.3332789636221 71.0969990456922 88.3972761198239
2016 Q1 13.3883046075427 65.9082902108422 74.7246666209993 86.5634955213887
2016 Q2 15.0873990609119 68.1381223123886 78.6225541180569 87.6214972470742
2016 Q3 16.0626626049911 69.4217599929872 81.766104984201 87.7949285213341
2016 Q4 12.1763227646965 59.664660022602 82.4467990603001 93.3429718083294
2017 Q1 16.0549194682876 62.8435297696659 85.2064877642863 94.6679235097057
2017 Q2 16.2797568099341 62.9586302841384 84.9441474059211 98.8484442703009
2017 Q3 17.8079040269879 63.692487524417 84.8366547019974 107.616596979557
2017 Q4 20.4774107042253 60.4382101779545 86.9456975033286 105.019967985928
2018 Q1 20.1794640729904 63.5192456512841 92.5760637381254 107.362549297599
2018 Q2 22.4342349501036 55.396501306507 91.8999544019165 98.7020213292335
2018 Q3 21.8533897686402 56.2492181310188 90.129553768065 108.301800031685
2018 Q4 21.6982880764966 50.2302104295082 93.0535040289021 105.657765305125
2019 Q1 20.9304815400453 54.4241466790377 95.2578498444787 109.287592400071
2019 Q2 19.7040694198759 53.9463194619223 94.2203166165545 107.335619919205
2019 Q3 18.7415202459984 53.9622476695036 97.5881371011888 108.281692045119
2019 Q4 20.1388748321035 53.0397552428843 100.724826260445 110.424582076978
2020 Q1 21.9667694308769 50.2360874438451 118.725751601568 117.446108819785
2020 Q2 24.5270335443044 56.5266384766567 121.966497648588 123.317730259905
2020 Q3 24.2126731471904 55.6181181028649 117.088809951226 131.358118060805
2020 Q4 24.1638773936447 56.273650243272 117.776882827349 135.670304206507
2021 Q1 29.9282054295969 60.2264330941647 126.344843829942 146.890432475011
2021 Q2 22.8663927441354 60.6281313422084 119.614150797218 160.96091051158
2021 Q3 20.3185536505964 65.5094414056226 115.661933782402 170.165314618471
2021 Q4 23.9448147106458 59.4213714969601 117.329537066497 171.157755098234
2022 Q1 22.5303040712772 59.6746686165367 126.676540816388 182.869579793293
2022 Q2 22.7921668623495 50.0661763268202 129.741877785001 179.638948684263
2022 Q3 23.8570398401249 45.1912245887517 131.484202069687 176.531226926073
2022 Q4 25.3096180312312 41.9512892091712 132.008634958891 178.409839767589
2023 Q1 25.2096317301108 43.7098039511647 135.787240596898 178.654937274636
2023 Q2 23.295528383 36.655749493 132.03398592141 179.073213406837

Note: The data are converted to constant 2023 dollars using the consumer price index. FHLB is Federal Home Loan Bank. The data are annual from 2006 to 2010 and quarterly thereafter. The key identifies bars in order from top to bottom.

Source: Consumer price index, Bureau of Labor Statistics via Haver Analytics; Moody's Analytics, Inc., CreditView, Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Program Index; Securities and Exchange Commission, Forms 10-Q and 10-K; National Association of Insurance Commissioners, quarterly and annual statutory filings accessed via S&P Global, Capital IQ Pro; Bloomberg Finance L.P.

Figure A. Fall 2023: Most cited potential risks over the next 12 to 18 months

Figure A: The chart is titled “Fall 2023: Most cited potential risks over the next 12 to 18 months.” The x-axis ranges from 0 to 80 percent and the data in each category is represented by blue bars showing the percentage of respondents. The categories on the left axis are listed in the following order from top to bottom: Commercial and residential real estate at 72 percent, Persistent inflation; monetary tightening at 72 percent, Banking-sector stress at 56 percent, Market liquidity strains and volatility at 56 percent, China economy/financial sector at 44 percent, Fiscal debt sustainability at 44 percent, Under-regulated nonbanks at 36 percent, Foreign divestment from U.S. assets at 28 percent, Higher long-term rates at 28 percent, and Geopolitical risks at 28 percent of respondents.

Note: Responses are to the following question: “Over the next 12–18 months, which shocks, if realized, do you think would have the greatest negative effect on the functioning of the U.S. financial system?”

Source: Federal Reserve Bank of New York survey of 25 market contacts from August to October.

Figure B. Spring 2023: Most cited potential risks over the next 12 to 18 months

Figure B: The chart is titled “Spring 2023: Most cited potential risks over the next 12 to 18 months.” The x-axis ranges from 0 to 80 percent and the data in each category is represented by blue bars showing the percentage of respondents. The categories on the left axis are listed in the following order from top to bottom: Persistent inflation; monetary tightening at 56 percent, banking-sector stress at 56 percent, U.S.-China tensions at 56 percent of respondents, commercial and residential real estate at 52 percent, Russia-Ukraine war at 52 percent of respondents, debt limit at 48 percent, market liquidity strains and volatility at 40 percent, under-regulated nonbanks at 24 percent, and fiscal debt sustainability at 24 percent of respondents.

Note: Responses are to the following question: “Over the next 12–18 months, which shocks, if realized, do you think would have the greatest negative effect on the functioning of the U.S. financial system?”

Source: Federal Reserve Bank of New York survey of 25 market contacts from February to April.

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