Sentences with phrase «consumer debt growth»

Consumer debt growth is the closest to beating mortgage growth, since 2010.

Not exact matches

Debt levels for the average Canadian household are moving down (perhaps we've been taking those warnings from the Bank of Canada to heart), and as a result there's been «modest» growth in consumer spending, said Ferley.

U.S. government debt yields slipped after weak consumer spending data muted a better - than - expected initial first - quarter read on economic growth.

Also, while consumer debt is falling and corporate debt is not yet at crisis levels, keep in mind that government debt has skyrocketed — ironically, as a response to slow growth in the global economic system.

The result is Canada is at «some risk» of a balance sheet recession — a period of slow growth or decline caused by consumers saving and paying down debt rather than spending.

U.S. government debt yields slipped Friday after weak consumer spending data muted a better - than - expected initial first - quarter read on economic growth.

At the end of the day, though, the biggest threat to Canada might likely come not from financial markets, but from what a debt ceiling breach would do to U.S. consumer and business confidence and thus the pace of growth south of the border.

While Toronto - Dominion is building its U.S. base and Scotiabank is renewing its focus on Latin America and credit - card growth, CIBC has concentrated on wealth management and consumer lending at home, where debt - laden consumers are paring back on borrowing.

An important issue shaping the future is how these cross-cutting themes are resolved: businesses feel better than they have for some time, but consumers feel weighed down by weak income growth and high debt levels.

On the economy, as I've noted before, one of the classic signals of an oncoming recession is a downward turn in the growth rate of consumer debt.

«However, historically high levels of household debt and low wage growth will offset some of the positive impact of recent strong employment data, so consumers are likely to remain cautious.»

Demand has likely cratered because of how we have begun to respond to limits to growth (something economists tend to dismiss): monetary policies that have loaded the world and its consumers and countries with unsustainable debt.

The trade surplus means struggling energy and manufacturing companies may contribute to growth aided by debt - fueled consumer spending on houses and cars.

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While this recovery is now relatively old, the good news is that sluggish growth has led to few imbalances, such as an inventory buildup, excess capital spending or a consumer debt binge.

The well - published national debt issues hurt consumer spending in the West, while rising interest rates, energy and food prices dampened the strong growth seen in major markets in the East, such as China.

Why is the market going up with unemployment so high, consumer debt outrageous, an environment where taxes must go higher, energy 5xs the norm, housing still depressed, access to credit stunted, expensive war expenditures, the Greece failure, a weak dollar, and slow economic growth?

Through higher savings, U.S. households have materially paid down debt relative to their disposable incomes over the past decade, and this creates further opportunity for growth in consumer spending.

In the 1970s, GDP growth lost its stranglehold on the markets thanks to the widespread adoption of credit cards and consumer debt.

The dynamics underlying the gains in consumer spending in recent years do not inspire confidence, because they have been driven mainly by new debt rather than real income growth.

The reason the UK has been running a trade deficit with the EU (and, for that matter, the rest of the world) has nothing to do with the EU - and everything to do with the debt - fuelled growth of consumer spending in the UK.

«This new facility will accommodate continued growth while creating an environment that will allow our employees to continue to meet and exceed the expectations of our clients that include the largest insurers and purchasers of consumer debt,» Hauser said.

Second, the previous model of growth in Britain — a debt driven consumer boom stimulating a narrow economic boom - is broken.

But the Korea Automobile Importers and Distributors Assn. projects 10 % growth by the imports, noting this is conservative and takes into account high levels of consumer debt and consumer doubts about the economy.

The housing market has been a major driver of economic growth across the country in the last decade and this nurtured consumer confidence in taking on household debt.

• Growth in household debt slowed to 0.9 % in the first quarter, driven by a slower rate of borrowing in consumer credit and mortgage loans, Statistics Canada said Friday.

At this point, the bank believes the disparity between house prices / consumer debt and household income growth will finally be reduced to less concerning levels.

With global growth barely budging and government and consumer debt at extremely high levels, it's conceivable that rates could stay this low indefinitely.

With the total amount of unpaid student debt approaching $ 1.3 trillion and a consumer - driven economy, it is surprising that America's economic growth numbers aren't worse than they currently are.

Consumer spending slowed during the first quarter, to just 0.1 per cent growth, leading some observers to believe they were focused on consolidating debt after borrowing heavily during the recession.

Strong second - quarter economic growth figures last week has an increasing number of economists predicting the central bank will raise rates sooner rather than later, which could help to curb consumer borrowing at a time when Canadians have record debt loads.

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Also, while consumer debt is falling and corporate debt is not yet at crisis levels, keep in mind that government debt has skyrocketed — ironically, as a response to slow growth in the global economic system.

Furthermore, with slow economic growth, consumer zeal to save and repay debts, and weak capital spending this year, loan demand will likely be weak.

High debt among consumers limits growth in another way — they have less borrowing capacity and many feel less comfortable borrowing anyway.

As housing prices have increased, the attractiveness of debt consolidation over insolvency as a debt restructuring mechanism has helped temper the growth in Ontario consumer insolvencies despite record debt levels.

Even considering the growth of interest and fees charged by the creditors, New Era on average settles the debt for 43.73 % of the enrolled balance, which means the average consumer will realize a savings of 56.27 %.

Without strong US job growth in this growth cycle and driven by rising US consumer debt obligations and a US housing value bubble, the US then lead the world into another financial or «credit crunch» crisis that was far worse than the dot com crash.

The result is Canada is at «some risk» of a balance sheet recession — a period of slow growth or decline caused by consumers saving and paying down debt rather than spending.

The building blocks of economic growth are not robust, with an aging population in the Western world, weak productivity gains and governments and consumers constrained by heavy debt loads.

Credit card balances post spring growth — Card debt rose in March for the first time in 2014, as consumer spending surged... (See consumer spending increase 2014)

Consumers have benefited from all - time low interest rates, but they have taken so much debt that monthly expenses associated with paying interest and principal payments in relation to their discretionary income have actually increased despite the low interest rate environment and growth in discretionary income.

Increasing employment, increasing median home values, stable levels of consumer debt, historically low credit card delinquency rates, and the second - lowest metro area unemployment rate in Kentucky in January 2018 spells steady growth for this metro area.

Economists expect growth to slow from the healthy pace in the first quarter, especially as debt - burdened consumers retrench from the spending levels that largely drove the recovery in the first place.

Economic growth in 2014 could be the strongest in nearly a decade, as several headwinds that conspired against the recovery — e.g., consumer deleveraging, falling home prices, state budget cuts and European debt crises...

And once deflation sets in, consumers may hoard cash or try to pay off their debts faster, fueling the downward spiral of spending and growth.

Revolving credit outstanding, largely composed of consumer credit card debt, grew by a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 2.1 percent, $ 19.0 billion, in May 2015, 9.4 percentage points slower than the 11.5 percent growth rate recorded in April 2015.

The fiscal cliff and ongoing debt ceiling debate, which are likely to suppress consumer spending in the first half of 2013, continue to present potentially strong headwinds to meaningful growth activity.

Keschl acknowledges that the consumer remains worried about debt overhang and less than robust job growth, but over the past five years, the industry has gotten used to operating in this new normal mode, he notes.

Stronger job growth, record low debt service burdens, lower gas prices and increasing home values are supporting increased consumer spending.