Economy · Household and corporate balance sheets

Nonfinancial Corporate Debt (since 1945)

YearAverageYear close
1945$0.04T$0.04T
1946$0.05T$0.05T
1947$0.06T$0.06T
1948$0.06T$0.06T
1949$0.06T$0.06T
1950$0.07T$0.07T
1951$0.08T$0.08T
1952$0.08T$0.09T
1953$0.09T$0.09T
1954$0.09T$0.09T
1955$0.10T$0.10T
1956$0.11T$0.11T

Source: FRED BCNSDODNS (Nonfinancial Corporate Business; Debt Securities and Loans; Liability, Level). Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Gray bands mark U.S. recessions as dated by the NBER (FRED USREC).

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