S15 · THE ASSET-SIDE COUNTERWEIGHT TO THE COST BASKET
Household net worth, multiple of disposable income
7.97
CONTEXTROBUSTDRS 95quarterlyas of 2025-10-01
A context tile: shown plainly, with no declared strain side, so it
carries no state of its own.
The full history
1947
high 8.28 · low 4.55 · now 7.97 · 12 recessions shaded 2025
How it is read
What it measures
the asset-side counterweight to the cost basket
Confidence
ROBUST — a primary official series, mechanically reported.
Reliability (DRS)
DRS 95 — CONTEXT (B1/B3): households' & nonprofits' net worth (TNWBSHNO) ÷ annual disposable personal income (DPI). The accumulated-wealth offset the Cost-to-Exist basket otherwise lacks; even-handedness requires it.
Where it comes from
DERIVED ↗Every number on this site is reproducible from this primary source.
Questions it helps answer
Who Gets What — Where does the wealth sit — and who keeps the output?