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British Households Told to Prepare for BLACKOUTS As Lockdown Goes On

March 31, 2020

British households have been told to prepare for blackouts by keeping torches and warm clothes handy as the lockdown continues! Learn More: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk…

“40% of U.S. households don’t have $400 for an emergency expense, and 53% don’t have any emergency savings.”

March 24, 2020

"40% of U.S. households don’t have $400 for an emergency expense, and 53% don’t have any emergency savings." On a brighter note, Greenspan, Bernanke, Yellen, Paulson, Geithner and Powell all … Read more

U.S. Business Debt Exceeds Households’ for First Time Since 1991

December 13, 2019

(Bloomberg) — Explore what’s moving the global economy in the new season of the Stephanomics podcast. Subscribe via Apple Podcast, Spotify or Pocket Cast. U.S. business debt exceeded that of households for … Read more

70% of Immigrant Households are on Welfare

November 30, 2019

via breitbart: More than 7-in-10 households headed by immigrants in the state of California are on taxpayer-funded welfare, a new study reveals. The latest Census Bureau data analyzed by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) finds that … Read more

Pretty crazy the bottom 50% of households owe 36% of all debt but only own 6% of assets. Their growth in liabilities have been outpacing income growth for several decades.

November 7, 2019

Pretty crazy the bottom 50% of households owe 36% of all debt but only own 6% of assets. Their growth in liabilities have been outpacing income growth for several decades. … Read more

69 Percent Of U.S. Households “Are Preparing For A Possible Recession”

October 18, 2019October 17, 2019

by Michael Snyder Do you believe that a recession is coming? If so, you certainly have a lot of company. It turns out that more than two-thirds of all U.S. … Read more

WHY THERE WAS NO MENTION OF THE ECONOMY AT THE DEMOCRATS’ DEBATE: Over a Million Households Climbed to Middle Class Under Trump, Census Data Shows.

September 16, 2019

via theepochtimes: More than 1.2 million American households moved to above $50,000 in annual income between 2016 and 2018, according to Census Bureau data released on Sept. 10, a sign of … Read more

Scary chart from BCA: Chinese households are now more leveraged than US households.

September 5, 2019September 5, 2019

via Jimmy Su: Consensus thinks that the China consumption story is driven by the “rising middle class” but as always the actual reason is much more complicated. Also, BCA looks … Read more

Chinese households went from 20% of GDP in terms of debt in 2009 to now roughly 50% of GDP so that’s 30% of GDP & most of this leveraging started around 2014.

June 25, 2019

via @Trinhnomics: Meanwhile, Latin American households not so indebted, esp Mexicans!!!

Let’s look at debt service ratios of households around the world

June 25, 2019June 25, 2019

via @Trinhnomics: a) Euro area better obvs thanks to NIRP; b) USA & Japan got BETTER 💪🏻💪🏻; c) Canada, Australia and Korea got WAY WORSE 👇🏻💪🏻(this is why I didn’t understand … Read more

Clearly US weak spot is corps & Australia is households

June 25, 2019

via @Trinhnomics: Sorry, no data for EM. For non-FI firm debt service ratios: a) Euro area good thanks to NIRP (sound like a broke record); b) US worse but still good; … Read more

Fund Manager: Might Take A Debt Jubilee For All Households For Fed To Save Economy

June 20, 2019

by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics “The latest University of Michigan consumer confidence report noted that its index tracking those who think it’s a good time to buy a home has fallen … Read more

Households wealth drops $260b in just three months as debt hits a record 200pc of income – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

April 1, 2019

via abc.net.au: If you felt a bit poorer at the end of last year, you’re not alone — Australian households dropped a lazy quarter of a trillion dollars in wealth in … Read more