DATA IN FOCUS

The Chart of the Week series offers data visualizations that help explain a changing world. This week’s graphic explores global assets, liabilities, and wealth, from our recent article “The global balance sheet 2026: Imbalance and divergence.”

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Household wealth watch

In 2025, total wealth across all sectors globally reached $600 trillion, with households owning 95 percent of that wealth. Global household wealth hit a record $570 trillion, up $40 trillion from 2024. The United States continues to hold the largest share, at 30 percent, followed by the eurozone and China, at 14 and 13 percent, respectively. Global household wealth grew faster than GDP, posing questions about its health and stability, note McKinsey’s Rebecca J. Anderson, Jan Mischke, Arvind Govindarajan, Sylvain Johansson, Nick Leung, Shubham Singhal, and Carlo Tanghetti. Only 20 percent came from real capital formation, with equity values driving growth in the United States and Canada.

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Burning through the AI budget
As organizations move from isolated AI use cases to enterprise-wide adoption, they are blowing past their AI budgets. McKinsey Senior Partner Pankaj Sachdeva and coauthors describe how businesses can optimize their spend and reduce AI-related costs by up to 30 percent.

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