Friday, June 8, 2012

Total Credit Market Debt Owed Growth (Musical Tribute)


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The chart shows the annual growth in total credit market debt owed. It includes everything. What the government giveth, the private market taketh away.


Green grass and high tides forever

Source Data:
St. Louis Fed: Total Credit Market Debt Owed

4 comments:

Troy said...

I prefer less TBTF:

http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=7SM

since this shows that TBTF levered up in the 1990s and has been leveraging down after the crash:

http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/TCMDODFS

Troy said...

WTH was 2004:

http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=7SP

Bush's sub rosa reelection campaign?

Stagflationary Mark said...

Troy,

I prefer less TBTF

Wouldn't we all. Sigh.

Stagflationary Mark said...

WTH was 2004

I'm reminded of the mortgage offers that flooded my mailbox.

That was the year I turned permabearish.