In June, the total amount of money owed to finance companies (Consumers, Real Estate, Business) increased 17.7%. In the first quarter, the interest rate for new car loans was 6.4% with a maturity of 66 months financing $39,066. For used cars, 15.7% with 66 months financing at $23,537

by Dismal-Jellyfish https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g20/current/g20.pdf In June 2023, the total outstanding amount owed was approximately $1,850.9 billion dollars–up 14.7% from May! In the first quarter, the interest rate for new car loans was 6.4% with a maturity of 66 months financing $39,066. For …

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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 …

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Bidenomics In 3 Charts! Share of Total Net Worth Held by the Top 1% Near All-time High, 25 Straight Months Of NEGATIVE Real Wage Growth, 3 Straight Quarters Of NEGATIVE Net Worth Growth

by confoundedinterest17 Bidenomics, which Bumbling Biden can’t explain, and his Press Secretary Karine Jean Pierre only utters “top down was a failure, we are trying the opposite!” Sorry Karine, Bidenomics personifies top down economic (mis)management where DC picks winners and …

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From SEC staff Memorandum: Figures 9B and 10B display daily counts of gross positions that surpass 7% and 10% of a U.S. listed security’s market cap, respectively. A single participant can hold multiple large positions, hence the count can exceed the total number of market participants…

by Dismal-Jellyfish Source: Memorandum from the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis My understanding is figures 9 and 10 outline the daily market participants’ gross positions in securities exceeding 7% and 10% of the security’s market capitalization. On average, 65 participants …

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Student loans are a large asset for Uncle Sam, accounting for 42.3% of total Federal assets.

Now you know why student loans will never be forgiven. https://www.advisorperspectives.com/dshort/commentaries/2023/06/09/feds-financial-accounts-what-are-uncle-sams-largest-assets https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/reports-statements/financial-report/balance-sheets.html Then, drilling down on “Note 4.” https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/files/reports-statements/financial-report/2022/notes-to-the-financial-statements4.pdf h/t PettyWitch