UBS YEARBOOK 2026 · 1900 vs 2026 — From 15% of the world's equity to 62%
America's share — The US share of world equity, GDP and sovereign debt, 1900 against 2026.
Share of world equity value 15% → 62%; of world GDP 24% → 36%; of sovereign debt, negligible → 43%. In 1900 the answers to those three questions were Britain, Britain and France.
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Share of world equity value 15% → 62%; of world GDP 24% → 36%; of sovereign debt, negligible → 43%. In 1900 the answers to those three questions were Britain, Britain and France. The data is refreshed by the History of Market pipeline and published as a stable JSON endpoint for research, citation, and AI-agent use.
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GET /api/static/ubs-yearbook.json — Canonical dataset endpoint.
Yahoo Finance · Macrotrends · Robert Shiller · FRED · S&P Global · Nasdaq · NBER.
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History of Market combines public market and macro datasets including Yahoo Finance, Macrotrends, Robert Shiller, FRED, S&P Global, Nasdaq, NBER, and the UBS Global Investment Returns Yearbook (Dimson–Marsh–Staunton). The exact endpoint for this panel is linked below.
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