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The 2013 BC Consumer Debt Study was conducted as a comparative look at consumer debt levels, causes of insolvency, and financial outlooks across three different generations of British Columbia's in - debt population.

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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.

But low interest rates, at least in Canada, have pushed household debt to such vertiginous levels that officials like Carney know they shouldn't be counting on consumer spending to drive the recovery — ergo, the call for more corporate investment.

Forget about household spending: with debt at record levels, consumer spending on new goods and services will be restrained.

The record high levels of consumer debt among Canadians has also raised a red flag from Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney and others who have warned that interest rates will rise at some point — raising the cost of borrowing.

Their debt now is in excess of 160 % of disposable income, a level that suggests consumers will be more inclined to get right with their lenders than to continue spending at their post-crisis pace.

«Many consumers have learned the hard lessons of recession, and have redoubled their efforts to keep debt at manageable levels,» ABA's chief economist, James Chessen, said in a statement.

TORONTO — A new report says the level of Canadian consumer debt at the end of 2012 — not counting mortgages — was up nearly six per cent from a year earlier.

The panel is based on credit report data collected by Equifax (one of the three credit bureaus in the United States) and it contains information on all outstanding loans — including mortgages, auto and student loans, and credit card debt — at the individual consumer level.

At that time, the main data sources on consumer debt consisted of loan - level data sets on specific categories of loans, such as mortgages, as well as aggregated data on household sector debt from the Board of Governors» Flow of Funds statistical release.

Next we subtracted the average spending for someone at that income level, which includes things such as consumer spending, charitable giving and interest on debt.

Canadians have a debt problem — the key measure of a consumer's debt burden now stands at a record level — which is why Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and Mr. Poloz's predecessor Mark Carney urged households for months to put a lid on it.

Debt is at record levels, and we know consumers are biting off more than they can chew financially, so does this lead to more problems down the road?»

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Finally, implementation of the Dodd - Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 is likely to result in fundamental change in the regulation of the debt relief industry at the federal level.»

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.

Credit Karma reports that average consumer credit card debt levels fell by about $ 1000 between January 2009 and now, which puts average credit card debt at about $ 6400.

Even though the bank card rate at 3.11 % is 61 basis points above its recent low while the other default rates are within a few basis points of the low, there is little reason to be concerned over rising consumer debt 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.

Consumer debt is also said to be falling since 2008 but the amount consumers have borrowed currently sits at $ 2.5 trillion which is about the same level as it was prior to the recession hitting.

The lower rates came at a time when Ottawa is trying to warn consumers against taking on too much debt, worried that household debt levels across the country are rising too quickly.

At the very least, as student loan debt becomes a greater and greater burden on consumers in America we will see it erode the money people spent on other items and see a continued decrease in unsecured consumer debt levels.

Consumer debt levels have risen dramatically in recent years and one of the cohorts most at - risk are pre-retirement seniors.

The top five Canadian banks made $ 40 billion in net profits last year at the same time as Canadians racked up record levels of consumer debt.

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 consumer credit rating agency says the level at the end of the third quarter was up 7.4 per cent from $ 1.409 trillion a year ago, with non-mortgage debt held by Canadians now standing at an average of $ 20,891.

Both Governor Carney and Finance Minister Flaherty have expressed concern at the level of consumer debt Canadians have been piling on during the recession.

Given our deep level of indebtedness — hey, our debt - to - income ratio is at a whopping 167 % — Canadian consumers can expect to feel some financial effects following an interest rate hike.

The Federal Reserve reports that household debt is at its lowest level in 29 years, which means that consumers have money to spend.

«The fact that consumers are paying off more of their balances even as credit card spending increases shows that people are highly conscious of their debt obligations and actively working to keep them at affordable levels,» he said.