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.»
'' Student debt is the only
kind of household debt that continued to rise through the Great Recession and has now the second largest balance after mortgage debt.»
Not exact matches
With the rate
of home ownership now close to 70 %, and with
household debt at a record high, much
of the financial health
of Canadian
households is inextricably linked to home values, making it the
kind of dominant concern that not only affects
household finances, but consumer psychology and confidence.
Households with any
kind of debt owe $ 133,568 (including mortgages), on average, the data analysis found.
The average
household with any
kind of debt owes $ 135,924, including mortgages, according to Nerdwallet.
In a country where consumers have grown accustomed to low rates, and where
households are burdened with record levels
of debt relative to income, this
kind of change is worth noting.
38.1 %
of all U.S.
households carry some
kind of credit card
debt, and the average American
household has $ 5,700 in credit card
debt.
According to Nerdwallet, the average American
household has credit card
debt totaling $ 16,425, and the average
household with any
kind of debt owes $ 135,924, that includes mortgages.
According to research by the Employee Benefit Research Institute, 65.4 percent
of households 55 and older had some
kind of debt in 2013, up from 53.8 percent in 1992.
With the rate
of home ownership now close to 70 %, and with
household debt at a record high, much
of the financial health
of Canadian
households is inextricably linked to home values, making it the
kind of dominant concern that not only affects
household finances, but consumer psychology and confidence.