New York Fed: Total Household Debt Reaches $17.06 Trillion in Q2 2023 (increased by $2.9 trillion since the end of 2019); Credit Card Debt Exceeds $1 Trillion for the first time. The Debt Time Bomb is Ticking…
by Dismal-Jellyfish https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/interactives/householdcredit/data/pdf/HHDC_2023Q2 https://www.newyorkfed.org/microeconomics/hhdc.html Wut mean?: Credit Card Balances: A notable increase of $45 billion to a record $1.03 trillion, along with a rise in credit card account limits to $4.6 trillion. Mortgages: Balances remained steady at $12.01 trillion. Mortgage originations, including refinances, were at $393 billion, up by $70 billion from Q1. Auto Loans: Increased by $20 …