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A Debt-Fueled Stock Market

Compares the annual dollar growth in total new debt (public and private) against the S&P 500 level. This chart illustrates how the 2003-2007 market rally benefited from massive new debt creation, peaking at roughly $4.7 trillion annually in December of 2007. Each series is adjusted for inflation via the headline CPI and smoothed using a 3-month moving average.

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Sources: Federal Reserve, Yahoo Finance
Updated: May 18, 2013 at 2:11 PM EDT
Series: s&p 500 historical returns - debt statistics - flow of funds - economic indicators
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