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Not exact matches
Subjects touched upon by Poloz during his speech and the ensuing round
of questions also included fostering ties with the emerging economies
of India, China, and Brazil, and the growth in
household debt among Canadians.
Among households that had credit card
debt at the end
of 2016, the average owed is $ 16,748, according to a NerdWallet analysis.
Risks associated with the Consumer Discretionary sector include,
among others, apparel price deflation due to low - cost entries, high inventory levels and pressure from e-commerce players; reduction in traditional advertising dollars; increasing
household debt levels that could limit consumer appetite for discretionary purchases; declining consumer acceptance
of new product introductions; and geopolitical uncertainty that could impact consumer sentiment.
Put differently, the only way to reduce
debt is to allocate the cost to some sector
of the economy, and broadly speaking these sectors are the
household sector, the private sector, the state sector, and the various more specialized subsectors within these three — for example
households can consist
of rich
households versus the rest, the state sector can be divided
among the central government and the provincial governments, the private sector can consist
of SMEs, large corporations, labor - intensive industries, capital - intensive industries, the export sector, etc..
This he presents unequivocally as good news, since it suggests an easing
of high, mortgage - driven
household debt levels that have been
among Carney's more acute longstanding concerns about the Canadian economy.
Aggregate
household debt among all
households peaked in late 2008 in the aftermath
of the financial crisis (Federal Reserve Bank
of New York, 2014).
The puzzle
of declining total indebtedness in the face
of rising student loan
debt can be resolved by examining
debt burdens
among younger
households.
About 38 percent
of households carried some
debt, according to the analysis, and
among those, the average was more than $ 15,000.
Even if we judge that the incidence
of this extreme reaction will still be relatively low, are there other forms
of behaviour which are likely to have changed as a result
of the higher
debt - servicing ratio and higher gearing
among indebted
households?
Taking these facts into account, and allowing for the fact that
households with
debt have, on average, incomes about 30 per cent higher than the average for all
households, interest and principal repayments probably account for something like 20 per cent
of disposable income
among those
households who have
debt.
The UK economy is currently
among the most indebted in the OECD (second only to Japan in total levels
of public sector, financial, and
household debt).
We had
among the most leveraged banks
of any country, a house price boom as large as America's or Spain's, and higher levels
of household debt than any other country in the world.
In its 2012 National Survey on Credit Card
Debt in Low - and Middle - Income Households, a survey of low and middle - income American households carrying credit card debt, the public advocacy organization Demos found that among unemployed survey respondents, 1 in 4 recalledthat a potential employer had requested to check their credit report as part of a job applicat
Debt in Low - and Middle - Income
Households, a survey of low and middle - income American households carrying credit card debt, the public advocacy organization Demos found that among unemployed survey respondents, 1 in 4 recalledthat a potential employer had requested to check their credit report as part of a job ap
Households, a survey
of low and middle - income American
households carrying credit card debt, the public advocacy organization Demos found that among unemployed survey respondents, 1 in 4 recalledthat a potential employer had requested to check their credit report as part of a job ap
households carrying credit card
debt, the public advocacy organization Demos found that among unemployed survey respondents, 1 in 4 recalledthat a potential employer had requested to check their credit report as part of a job applicat
debt, the public advocacy organization Demos found that
among unemployed survey respondents, 1 in 4 recalledthat a potential employer had requested to check their credit report as part
of a job application.
North and South Dakota, and Nebraska were
among other states which came in with low average credit card
debt per
household — the three held an average
of $ 4,182.
Well, Canadians should feel smug no more — a just - released report by the Certified General Accountants Association
of Canada has us placing first
among OECD countries for
household debt - to - assets ratio.
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.
Among the college educated, the mean age
of the student debtors is about a year younger than
households not owing student
debt (30.8 vs. 31.9).
Similar wide divergence in the incidence
of negative net worth (
debts in excess
of assets) is apparent
among less - educated young
households (47 % versus 8 %).
Judged on the basis
of the typical
debt - to - income ratio, the decline in
household indebtedness
among younger
households has not been uniform.
Among young and less - educated
households, those lacking student
debt are more likely to be devoting large amounts
of their monthly income to
debt service (14 %) than student debtors (9 %).
Among those lacking student
debt, 17 %
of households exceed the 40 % threshold.
Among young
households whose heads lack at least a bachelor's degree, student debtors are more likely than those without student
debt to owe on vehicle loans, credit card
debt and other types
of debt and are just as likely to have a mortgage and other installment
debt.
Among households headed by a young adult without a bachelor's degree, those with no student
debt had a median net worth
of $ 10,900, while those with student
debt had about a tenth
of that ($ 1,200).
The puzzle
of declining total indebtedness in the face
of rising student loan
debt can be resolved by examining
debt burdens
among younger
households.
Among less - educated
households owing student
debt the typical
household has indebtedness exactly equal to a year's worth
of household income (100 %).
Among the college - educated, those with outstanding student
debt are lagging far behind those who are
debt free in terms
of household wealth.
Among less - educated
households, median
household income is approximately $ 32,000 regardless
of student
debt obligations.
Aggregate
household debt among all
households peaked in late 2008 in the aftermath
of the financial crisis (Federal Reserve Bank
of New York, 2014).
Among households with credit card
debt who know their credit score within a range, just 15 percent
of white
households in our sample have credit scores below 620, compared to more than a third
of African American
households.
«
Among the current generation
of young
households, those who own homes carry more mortgage
debt relative to income than previous generations did at the same age,» the review said.
The survey additionally found that a growing number
of millennials and younger boomer buyers have children living at home; student
debt is common
among Gen X and boomer
households; more millennials are buying outside the city; and younger generations are more likely to use a real estate agent.