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Comment by JumpCrisscross

> is a _LOT_ of debt being added, household debt is up to something like 17 trillion dollars

Household debt to GDP is around at a multi-decade low [1]. Payments as a fraction of disposable income, similarly low [2]. Total debt is rising [3]. But non-housing debt rose 5.8% from Q2 2022 to the same quarter '23; that's about inflation.

[1] https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/HDTGPDUSQ163N

[2] https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/TDSP

[3] https://www.newyorkfed.org/microeconomics/hhdc

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