National net worth rose by $1,121B in Q2, driven by financial assets and growth in the value of resource reserves (mining & energy)…

… which pushed household net worth up $546B and corporate net worth up $339B.

Helped in part by a $5B sequential reduction in buybacks, corporate demand for funding slowed

… with bond issuance and long-term credit facility draws driving most of the $20B decrease and resulting in a 0.2% improvement in corporate debt to GDP.

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