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What does “in Fed balance sheet terms” mean?

• atomicnumber3 5y ago
  I think they're referring to the ratio of household wealth to total value of the fed balance sheet. Which is a number easy to calculate and his claim is factually true (mostly because the fed balance sheet has never been bigger). But while his claim is true, in a Boolean sense, I don't know what exactly we're supposed to conclude about the world based on it. This isn't a ratio I've ever seen talked about before. I'm guessing they're insinuating that the size of the feds balance sheet is somehow related to inflation, which it is only in a fairly loose sense.
  • delaaxe 5y ago
    Some analysts joke that the first thing you’re shown when you arrive in hell in a chart of the S&P divided by the Fed balance sheet
    • TchoBeer 5y ago
      What's the joke I don't get it
  • chrisco255 5y ago
    That US household net worth is falling despite the fact that real estate prices and stock prices are near all time highs.