Total Household Debt Marks 21st Consecutive Quarterly Increase
The CMD’s latest Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit reveals that total household debt increased by $92 billion, or 0.7 percent, to $13.95 trillion in the third quarter of 2019. It was the twenty-first consecutive quarterly increase, and the total is now $1.3 trillion higher, in nominal terms, than the previous peak of $12.68 trillion in the third quarter of 2008.
The CMD’s latest Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit reveals that total household debt increased by $92 billion, or 0.7 percent, to $13.95 trillion in the third quarter of 2019. It was the twenty-first consecutive quarterly increase, and the total is now $1.3 trillion higher, in nominal terms, than the previous peak of $12.68 trillion in the third quarter of 2008.