US household net worth surged by $7.1 trillion in Q2, adding $79 billion every day for 3 months
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US household net worth exploded by $7.1 trillion in Q2 2025, averaging a gain of $79 billion every single day for three months straight, according to the latest Federal Reserve Z.1 report. Total wealth rose to a record $176.3 trillion, the largest jump since late 2020 during the COVID rebound. This is not normal. It’s rare as hell. And it comes while inflation’s above 3%, rates are being cut, and the job market is struggling. But the money’s flowing, just not to everyone. The numbers show the wealth gap is ripping wider. And most of this windfall? It came straight from Wall Street. The S&P 500 just pulled off a 30% rally in five months, starting in April. Only five times since 1975 has that happened. The last two were in 2020 and 2009. Stock boom hands top 1% a $40 trillion lead This stock run didn’t lift all boats. It supercharged the yachts. The top 1% now hold $40 trillion more than the bottom 50% combined. That lower half owns just 2.5% of the nation’s net worth. Meanwhile, the wealth-to-GDP ratio shot up to 581%, the highest since Q1 2022. That stat means asset owners, basically the rich, are getting richer at a speed that leaves wage earners far behind. Rate cuts are coming. And they’re not waiting for inflation to cool. For the first time in more than three decades, the Fed is set to lower rates with PCE inflation above 2.9%. Jerome Powell and his team will point to a soft labor market as the reason. But the impact is lower rates fuel higher asset prices. And those without assets, they’re just stuck watching. The top 10% of Americans, who already own most of the investable wealth, are set to benefit again. A survey shows 70% of…
Filed under: News - @ September 14, 2025 11:27 pm