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In economics, consumer debt is the amount owed by consumers (as opposed to amounts owed by businesses or governments). It includes debts incurred on purchase of goods that are consumable and/or do not appreciate. In macroeconomic terms, it is debt which is used to fund consumption rather than investment. [1]
The average amount of credit card debt per consumer in the U.S. in 2023 was $6,501, according to Experian. ... The average U.S. consumer’s auto loan balance in 2023 was $23,792, Experian data ...
The consumer leverage ratio in the US was increasing in the years before the 2007–2008 financial crisis, peaking at 1.29x in 2007 and decreasing ever since. As of the fourth quarter of 2016, the ratio in the US stood at 1.04x. The historical average of this ratio since late 1975 is approximately 0.9x.
According to Experian data, the total debt for American consumers reached $17.1 trillion in 2023, with credit card debt increasing 10% from 2022 to 2023. ... Total average debt: $125,047. Mortgage ...
Data source: Federal Reserve 2022 Survey of Consumer Finances. The average net worth by age. Net worth equals assets (financial and nonfinancial) minus debt liabilities. The most common financial ...
Household debt in Great Britain 2008-10. Household debt is the combined debt of all people in a household, including consumer debt and mortgage loans.A significant rise in the level of this debt coincides historically with many severe economic crises and was a cause of the U.S. and subsequent European economic crises of 2007–2012.
U.S. consumer debt snapshot. Average loan balances grew for most types of consumer debt in 2023. Credit cards—the debt products with the highest average interest rates for consumers—grew the most.
Debt is an obligation that requires one party, the debtor, to pay money borrowed or otherwise withheld from another party, the creditor.Debt may be owed by a sovereign state or country, local government, company, or an individual.