Not exact matches
It's no surprise that
debt is a focus: At the end
of 2016, the average
household carrying
debt owed $ 134,643, according to a NerdWallet
analysis of Federal Reserve data.
Among
households that had credit card
debt at the end
of 2016, the average owed is $ 16,748, according to a NerdWallet
analysis.
Households with any kind
of debt owe $ 133,568 (including mortgages), on average, the data
analysis found.
According to an
analysis of Federal Reserve and TransUnion data by the personal - finance site ValuePenguin, credit - card
debt stood at about $ 5,700 per
household in 2015.
About 38 percent
of households carried some
debt, according to the
analysis, and among those, the average was more than $ 15,000.
[14] The
analysis suggests that this policy would increase spending and incomes in the economy — without increasing the level
of household debt.
At the end
of September, the average
household with credit card
debt carried a balance
of $ 15,654, according to a NerdWallet.com
analysis.
The Pew Research
analysis also finds that a record 40 %
of all
households headed by someone younger than age 35 owe such
debt, by far the highest share among any age group.
And today's young adults are getting into trouble with borrowing money for college at unprecedented rates: In a February 2013
analysis on student
debt, Federal Reserve Bank
of New York economist Donghoon Lee said, «Student
debt is the only kind
of household debt that continued to rise through the Great Recession.»
GAO's
analysis of the data from the Survey
of Consumer Finances reveals that about 3 percent
of households headed by those aged 65 or older — about 706,000
households — carry student loan
debt.
The Bank
of Canada is committed to examining the vulnerability associated with increasing
household debt with a greater
analysis scheduled for release in December 2015.
Using the National Retirement Risk Index (NRRI), which measures the percentage
of working - age
households «at risk»
of falling short in retirement, the
analysis found that if NRRI
households had started out with today's student
debt levels, the index would be 56.2 percent
of U.S.
households at risk instead
of the already alarming 51.6 percent.
Student
debt burdens are weighing on the economic fortunes
of younger Americans, as
households headed by young adults owing student
debt lag far behind their peers in terms
of wealth accumulation, according to a new Pew Research Center
analysis of government data.
An
analysis of the most recent Survey
of Consumer Finances finds that
households headed by a young, college - educated adult without any student
debt obligations have about seven times the typical net worth ($ 64,700)
of households headed by a young, college - educated adult with student
debt ($ 8,700).
3.1 We will undertake a comprehensive review your current financial situation, including an
analysis of your income (all the money that comes into your
household), your essential and priority expenditure (things like rent or mortgage, gas, electricity, food, transport to work and any repayments towards loans that secured against an asset such as your home), unsecured
debts (such as credit cards, overdrafts and personal loans) and assets (things you own that have a saleable value, such as property and cars).
The sample used for this
analysis was restricted to the set
of households that were making payment on their student loan
debts and earning at least some wage income.iii The survey includes a representative sample
of all U.S.
households, so the outstanding student loan
debt balance at the time
of the survey reflects various points during the repayment period (in contrast to surveys which capture total
debt incurred).
A thorough needs
analysis should consider the total amount
of your current
debts including your home mortgage loan, car payments, student loans, and credit card
debt, as well as, your share
of future
household expenses such as the cost
of your children's future college tuition.
New
analysis of government data by the National Association
of Home Builders (NAHB) reveals a connection between rising student loan
debt and the onset
of the housing slump, and offers yet another example
of how lower home values have hurt millions
of middle class
households and threatens the fragile economic recovery.