US CREDIT CARD DEBT RISES ABOVE $1 TRILLION AS STUDENT, AUTO LOANS HIT ALL TIME HIGH
November 8, 2017 in News by RBN Staff
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And while nonrevolving credit reached a fresh record high of $2.782 trillion, revolving – or credit card debt – is now back over a trillion dollars, or $1.006 trillion to be precise, and fast approaching the all time bubble high of $1.02 trillion hit in the summer of 2008.
And speaking of student and auto loans, the Fed’s latest data showed that in the third quarter, these rose to a new all time high, of $1.112 trillion for auto loans, and a record $1.486 trillionn in student loans. The Fed also reported that nonrevolving lending to consumers by the Federal government, which is mainly student loans, rose to $1.137t, on a non-seasonally adjusted basis.