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Ratio to Annual DPI<br />

1.10<br />

1.05<br />

Figure 2-15<br />

Consumption and Wealth Relative to Disposable<br />

Personal Income (DPI), 1950–2016<br />

Total Net Wealth<br />

(right axis)<br />

Years of DPI<br />

2016:Q3<br />

7<br />

6<br />

1.00<br />

5<br />

0.95<br />

0.90<br />

0.85<br />

0.80<br />

Consumption<br />

(left axis)<br />

Net Housing<br />

Wealth<br />

(right axis)<br />

Stock Market<br />

Wealth<br />

(right axis)<br />

4<br />

3<br />

2<br />

1<br />

0.75<br />

0<br />

1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010<br />

Note: Shading denotes recession.<br />

Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts; Federal Reserve<br />

Board, Financial Accounts of the United States; CEA calculations.<br />

at an annual rate through the first three quarters of 2016, down from 13.1<br />

percent positive growth in the four quarters of 2015.<br />

While the housing market has continued its recovery since the recession,<br />

several structural challenges remain, including a constrained housing<br />

supply, low affordability in some areas of the country, and persistently<br />

muted household formation for 18-34 year olds. Housing supply is constrained:<br />

the inventory of homes available for sale is below its historical<br />

average and vacancy rates (for both renter and owner occupied) have fallen<br />

to levels that had prevailed before the boom, particularly in metropolitan<br />

areas, indicating that there is no longer excess supply (Figure 2-16). Sale<br />

volumes of the most affordable new single-family homes, particularly those<br />

less than $200 thousand, are lower than before the crisis. The share of young<br />

adults living with their parents remains above its long-run historical average,<br />

stifling household formation. These challenges may explain why housing<br />

starts still seem to be below their long-run steady state level.<br />

House prices continued to rise in 2016, similar to the pace in 2015.<br />

National home prices increased between 5.5 and 6.1 percent (depending<br />

on the index) during the 12 months ended September 2016 compared with<br />

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