Our aggregate
household debt figures loudly proclaim a society of debt addiction, but they don't tell us other crucial facts.
Not exact matches
The
household debt - to - income
figure includes Newfoundlanders and British Columbians, freshman university students and pensioners,
debt - free misers and hedonistic maniacs.
To obtain this
figure, we looked at data reported by the Federal Reserve for Outstanding Revolving
Debt - we then divided that number by the number of card - carrying
households each year.
The latest
figures shows the
household debt to disposable income ratio at 167 per cent — higher than in the U.S. before the crash.
Other
figures from 1998 show that the
debt of
households in the United States stood at 5,500 billion dollars (UNDP 1998).
To obtain this
figure, we looked at data reported by the Federal Reserve for Outstanding Revolving
Debt - we then divided that number by the number of card - carrying
households each year.
To calculate DTI, the VA tallies all of a buyer's significant monthly
debts (including housing and recurring
debts) and divides that
figure by monthly
household income.
Considering that the most recent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
figures show that housing costs are the biggest component of
household spending, it's not surprising that loans taken out to buy homes are the biggest source of
debt for those surveyed by GOBankingRates.
TORONTO — Canadian
household debt hit a record high during the third quarter, as it grew at a faster pace than disposable income, according to the latest
figures from Statistics Canada.
Back then,
household debt accounted for about 70 % of our disposable income, today that
figure is above 150 %.
The typical or median amount owed on all outstanding student loan balances is about $ 13,000 among young
households with such
debt.3 This comports closely with other recent student
debt figures.
Figures just released by Statistics Canada indicated that the
debt - to - income ratio for Canadian
households increased to 163.4 % in the second quarter of 2012.
For American
households,
debt has become a way of life and in some of those houses, the
figures are staggering.
Using data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Federal Reserve, ValuePenguin found that the average credit card
debt for
households that carry a balance is a shocking $ 16,048 — a
figure that has risen by 10 % over the past three years.
It's important to look at your
household budget,
figure out how much you can devote to repayment and see if it's enough to knock out your
debt, Valenti says.
Worse still, the average American
household also has $ 139,500 in total
debt, and that
figure factors in
households with no
debt whatsoever.
Somethings to take into account when you
figure how much coverage to take, are funeral expenses (burial or cremation), lost retirement earnings,
household debt, income needed for
household maintenance.