Household Debt Hits Record High of $14.1 Trillion

Household Debt Hits Record High of $14.1 Trillion
A man cycles past the Trades housing division built by Gentry Homes in Ewa Beach, Hawaii, on March 6, 2013. Hugh Gentry/Reuters
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
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U.S. household debt set a new record in the final quarter of 2019, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said in a report (pdf) on Tuesday, climbing to a historic peak of $14.1 trillion.

Total household debt balances grew by $601 billion in 2019, which is the largest annual gain since 2007, around the time of the onset of the global financial crisis.

Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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