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Americans Are Carrying Record Household Debt into 2024

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This includes mortgages, home equity revolving debt, auto loans, credit cards, student loans and other consumer lending such as retail cards. Household debt in the “Other” category — which includes retail cards and other consumer loans — also saw a substantial increase of 7.7% The total household debt of $17.3 over the same period.

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Americans Are Carrying Record Household Debt into 2024

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Household debt in the “Other” category — which includes retail cards and other consumer loans — also saw a substantial increase of 7.7% However, while mortgages and auto loans, for example, are backed by collateral that likely eventually become a pure asset, credit card accounts are simply debt on a ledger. over the same period.