Posted on 08/14/2025 5:29:08 AM PDT by delta7
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York released a troubling quarterly statement as the total household debt in the US increased by $185 billion in the past three months, up 1% from last quarter, when total household debt reached $18.9 trillion. Total household debt in the US now sits at $18.39 trillion.
Housing debt increased 1.1% from April to June, now standing at $149 billion. Mortgage balances increased by $131 billion, notably the largest cause of household debt. Mortgage originations increased at a modest pace with $458 billion of debt added, while HELOC balances grew by $9 billion to $411 billion.
Non-housing debt rose by $45 billion, with credit card debt rising $27 billion to $1.21 trillion, up 5.87% YoY. Auto loans rose by $13 billion to $1.66 trillion. Student loans are now due for repayment, with total outstanding payments rising by $7 billion to an unsustainable $1.64 trillion.
Adults aged 40 to 49 hold $4.81 trillion of the total outstanding debt and experienced a $50 billion debt increase in the last quarter. Younger Americans between 18 and 29, naturally, have yet to accumulate much interest on their debt and owe $1.1 trillion as a collective.
Delinquency rates rose during Q2 as 4.4% of all outstanding debt is in some stage of delinquency. Compared to pre-pandemic levels, household debt is up by 30%. American households are experiencing a pattern of financial stress that has not meaningfully waned since the pandemic.
The government has destroyed the purchasing power of the USD through endless deficits and inflationary policies. The US is not heading toward a recession; rather, we are in a period of stagflation with inflation outpacing GDP growth primarily due to rising costs and wars globally.
“Mortgage balances increased by $131 billion, notably the largest cause of household debt.”
Which means there is something to show for the debt, unlike the $37 trillion of Federal debt.
The sad part of the huge debt is there is no way it ever gets paid back, or even down. The old adage if you owe the bank 10K the bank owns you; if you owe the bank 1 million, you own the bank is becoming truer. The student debt in total is the equivalent of the debtors owning the bank in that adage because there is no mechanism to get the money back as delinquencies just middle finger the collectors. The largest percentage of those not paying is debtors owing more than 100K.
I wonder if the delinquency rate includes student loans. Federal student loan collections were to begin on May 5. Previously Biden schemes masked defaults and delinquency rates. Total student loan debt is about 1.6 trillion, more than total credit card debt.
Sorry, that was me. HSN and QVC had a sale....................
I guess we need more stimulus. Let’s slash rates and get this party started! //sarcasm
Debt is a heavy chain around the neck for the poor and much of the middle class. It is a tool for wealth building for people who know how to use it properly.
Not a penny for almost 20 years. On a 4-6 week Coddiwomple to Montana/Idaho on the Harley, paying as I go.
A quick look at my household balance sheet.. Let’s see, no debt here. None since 2023. But I did purchase $500 worth if ETFs when the market opened and placing an order for a 1 oz American old Eagle Tomorrow. And still no debt. If I can do it, anyone can do it. Discipline folks
US Household Debt Rose but 20 million illegals had nothing to do with it huh Moe.
Hey now….. some nice woke statues were built using that fed cash.
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1 posted on 8/4/2025, 12:40:57 PM by delta7
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