"Figure 7: Net lending or borrowing position of households in G7 countries as a proportion of gross domestic product","" "1997 to 2017","" "","" "Notes","1. Households. 2. Households and non-profit institutions serving households. 3. All series are authors' calculations. 4. G7 countries not including Italy (data not accessible). 5. Data correct as of 27 June 2018." "Unit","Percentage of nominal GDP" "","" "","UK1","USA2","1Canada","Japan2","France1","Germany2","G7 Average4" "1997","5.3","1.5","-1.3","5.5","3.3","3.2","2.9" "1998","4.2","1.5","-0.9","7.7","2.8","3.4","3.1" "1999","2.1","0.1","-1.2","6.7","2.9","3.4","2.3" "2000","3.1","0.1","-0.9","6.1","2.7","3.6","2.5" "2001","3.4","0.3","-1.1","4.8","2.9","4.5","2.5" "2002","2.5","0.6","-2.6","2.1","3.4","4.6","1.8" "2003","1.3","0.4","-3.6","3.5","2.8","5.6","1.7" "2004","1.1","-0.2","-3.8","1.1","2.4","5.9","1.1" "2005","0.6","-1.7","-4.5","1.7","1.9","6.3","0.7" "2006","0.4","-1","-4.1","1.3","2.2","5.7","0.8" "2007","1.3","-0.1","-4.7","2.2","2.4","5.4","1.1" "2008","1.5","2.5","-3.8","2.8","2.4","5.3","1.8" "2009","4.8","4.4","-2.4","5.2","4.3","6.2","3.8" "2010","4.5","4.1","-2.9","3.4","4.2","5.8","3.2" "2011","3.3","4.3","-2.7","5.1","3.7","4.7","3.1" "2012","3.4","5.3","-2.4","2.1","3.8","4.9","2.9" "2013","2.5","2.8","-2.5","0.5","2.9","4.7","1.8" "2014","2.4","3.3","-3.2","0.4","3.2","4.9","1.8" "2015","3","3.4","-3","0.9","2.9","5.2","2.1" "2016","0.7","2.3","-3.4","2","2.6","5.1","1.6" "2017","-1.2","1.4","-3.5","","2.7","5.1","0.9"