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Each line rebased to 100 where the shared window begins — growth from a common base, not levels.

Wealth Share, Millennials (1981+) Federal Funds Rate
Wealth Share, Millennials (1981+)Federal Funds Rate

Indexing needs a positive starting value, and one of these starts at or below zero in the shared window. Try , or swap a series.

Each series rebased to 100 at the shared start. wealth_share_millennial, fed_funds_rate · read from cache, latest-revised.

  • Wealth Share, Millennials (1981+)

    Share of US net worth held by Millennials and younger (born 1981+).

    Share of total US household net worth held by Millennials and younger (born 1981 or later), Fed DFA.

  • Federal Funds Rate

    The interest rate the Fed sets to steer the economy.

    Effective federal funds rate, monthly average.

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r = -0.12 very weak correlation · 147 overlapping months

…and that proves nothing. Two lines moving together is not one moving the other. Almost any pair of trending economic series correlates highly — they share the same long climb of growth, prices, and population, or it is chance. r measures co-movement over this exact window, never cause. Change the range or swap a series and watch r move. Why correlation isn’t causation →