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Household Debt Hits 12.4 Trillion

4/8/2017

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Does anyone pay attention to the huge amount of debt our nation is accumulating on every front?  Do we all think it just does not matter?  Can this really be a picture of prosperity?  And what happens when the nation is forced to pay back the debts accumulated?

Here are the lead paragraphs of an article from the end of last year.  Three months into the new year has only made things worse:

The latest just released Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit  from the New York Fed showed a small increase in overall debt in the third quarter of 2016, prompted by gains in non-housing debt, and new all time highs in student loans which hit $1.279 trillion, rising $20 billion in the quarter.11.0% of aggregate student loan debt was 90+ days delinquent or in default at the end of 2016 Q3.

Total household debt rose $63 billion in the quarter to $12.35 trillion, driven by a $32 billion increase in auto loans, which also hit a record high of $1.14 trillion. 3.6% of auto loans were 90 or more days delinquent.  Read more.
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