In the first quarter of 2018, Americans owed $3.824 trillion, up 5.1 percent from the same time period last year.
Post-crisis rise in U.S. stock buybacks came with an almost identical rise in debt. t.co/GNG5cJOoQX pic.twitter.com/nKekjAF6Zi
— Trevor Noren (@trevornoren) May 11, 2018
The market for loans to highly indebted companies has grown almost 50% since 2013, making it almost as big as the U.S. junk bond market t.co/ACSDgI7hIS pic.twitter.com/B8OlTQQBkH
— Trevor Noren (@trevornoren) May 11, 2018
The multi-decade fall in the average holding period for NYSE stocks t.co/GNG5cJOoQX pic.twitter.com/ZxK1A0VZPB
— Trevor Noren (@trevornoren) May 11, 2018
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