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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 16.
Published in final edited form as: Econ Inq. 2017 Oct 12;56(1):50–80. doi: 10.1111/ecin.12489

TABLE 5.

TTMS and SCPC/DCPC: Balance Sheets, October 2012

TTMS DCPC/SCPC
Assets 89,082 301,425
 Median 146,053
Financial assets 35,553 836
 (% of assets) (40) (0)
  CURRENT ASSETS. 35,321 836
   Cash 35,332 836
    Currency 30,874 836
     Government-backed currency 30,874 836
    Bank accounts 4,458
   Other current assets −11
    Certificates of deposit
    Net ROSCA position −11
    Accounts receivable 0
    Bonds
    Mutual funds/hedge funds
    Publicly traded equity
    Life insurance
  LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS. 232
   Retirement accounts
   Annuities
   Trusts/managed investment accounts
   Other lending 232
Tangible (physical) assets 53,529 148,421
 (% of assets) (60) (49)
  Business assets 334
  Agricultural assets 1,243
  Housing/household assets 4,582 148,421
   Primary residence 148,421
  Inventories 8,394
  Livestock 290
  Other nonfinancial assets 38,687
Unknown assets 152,168
 (% of assets) (50)
Liabilities 5,317 120,689
 Median 42,935
Revolving Debt 5,306
 (% of liabilities) (4)
  Credit cards / charge cards 5,306
  Revolving store accounts
Non-revolving Debt 5,317 115,383
 (% of liabilities) (96)
  Housing 67,278
   Mortgages for primary residence 67,278
   Mortgages for investment real estate
   HELOC/HEL
   Loans for improvement
  Accounts payable 1,480
  Loans on vehicles
  Education loans
  Business loans
  Investment loans (e.g., margin loans)
  Unsecured personal loans
  Loans against pension plan
  Payday loans / pawn shops
  Other loans 3,837 48,105
Net worth (equity) 83,765 180,736
 Cumulative net gifts received
 Cumulative savings 56,779

NOTES: Thai Baht converted to U.S. Dollars at a rate of 30.68 Baht per Dollar. Values are stocks as of the time of the survey, which for the CPC is between the beginning of September and the end of October. TTMS entries are at the household level. CPC entries are either at the household level or converted to a household level by multiplying consumer values by 2.045. A more detailed appendix and the Stata programs used to construct the tables are available at https://www.bostonfed.org/about-the-boston-fed/business-areas/consumer-payments-research-center.aspx.

SOURCES: Townsend Thai Monthly Survey (TTMS), Survey of Consumer Payment Choice (SCPC).