Required: a. What is the ratio of real assets to total assets? (Hint: for this question, only include those listed under "Real assets") b. What is the ratio of real assets to total assets for nonfinancial firms in the following table? Assets Real assets Equipment and intellectual property Real estate Inventories Total real assets Financial assets Deposits and cash Marketable securities Trade and consumer credit Other Total financial assets TOTAL $ Billion $ 8,345 14,423 2,724 $ 25,492 $ 2,333 4,059 4,075 14,005 $ 24,472 $ 49,964 Balance sheet of U.S. nonfinancial corporations % Total 16.7% 28.9 5.5 51.0% 4.7% 8.1 8.2 28.0 49.0% 100.0% Liabilities and Net Worth Liabilities Debt securities Bank loans & mortgages Other loans Trade debt Other Total liabilities Net worth $ Billion $ 7,374 1,807 1,932 3,086 9,637 $ 23,836 $ 26,128 $ 49,964 % Total 14.8% 3.6 3.9 6.2 19.3 47.7% 52.3% 100.0%
Required: a. What is the ratio of real assets to total assets? (Hint: for this question, only include those listed under "Real assets") b. What is the ratio of real assets to total assets for nonfinancial firms in the following table? Assets Real assets Equipment and intellectual property Real estate Inventories Total real assets Financial assets Deposits and cash Marketable securities Trade and consumer credit Other Total financial assets TOTAL $ Billion $ 8,345 14,423 2,724 $ 25,492 $ 2,333 4,059 4,075 14,005 $ 24,472 $ 49,964 Balance sheet of U.S. nonfinancial corporations % Total 16.7% 28.9 5.5 51.0% 4.7% 8.1 8.2 28.0 49.0% 100.0% Liabilities and Net Worth Liabilities Debt securities Bank loans & mortgages Other loans Trade debt Other Total liabilities Net worth $ Billion $ 7,374 1,807 1,932 3,086 9,637 $ 23,836 $ 26,128 $ 49,964 % Total 14.8% 3.6 3.9 6.2 19.3 47.7% 52.3% 100.0%
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a. What is the ratio of real assets to total assets? (Hint: for this question, only include those listed under "Real assets")
b. What is the ratio of real assets to total assets for nonfinancial firms in the following table?
Assets
Real assets
Equipment and
intellectual property
Real estate
Inventories
Total real assets
Financial assets
Deposits and cash
Marketable securities
Required A
$ Billion
$ 8,345
14,423
2,724
$ 25,492
Required B
$ 2,333
4,059
4,075
14,005
$ 24,472
$ 49,964
% Total
16.7%
28.9
5.5
51.0%
4.7%
8.1
8.2
28.0
49.0%
100.0%
Liabilities and Net Worth
Liabilities
Debt securities
Bank loans & mortgages
Other loans
Trade debt
Other
Total liabilities
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Net worth
$ Billion
Trade and consumer
credit
Other
Total financial assets
TOTAL
Balance sheet of U.S. nonfinancial corporations
Note: Column sums may differ from total because of rounding error.
Source: Flow of Funds Accounts of the United States, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, June 2021.
$ 7,374
1,807
1,932
3,086
9,637
$ 23,836
% Total
$ 26,128
$ 49,964
14.8%
3.6
3.9
6.2
19.3
47.7%
52.3%
100.0%
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