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The Debt Boomer Generation—-Real Debt Levels Up 29% to 45% Since 2003
Be prepared for the next great transfer of wealth. Buy physical silver and storable food.
davidstockmanscontracorner.com / By Josh Zumbrun at The Wall Street Journal /
The average 65-year-old borrower has 47% more mortgage debt and 29% more auto debt than 65-year-olds had in 2003, after adjusting for inflation, according to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York released Friday.
Just over a decade ago, student debt was unheard-of among 65-year-olds. Today it is a growing debt category, though it remains smaller for them than autos, credit cards and mortgages. On top of that, there are far more people in this age group than a decade ago.
The result: The composition of U.S. household debt is vastly different than it was before the financial crisis, when many younger households took on large debts they could no longer afford when the bottom fell out of the economy.
The shift represents a “reallocation of debt from young [people], with historically weak repayment, to retirement-aged consumers, with historically strong repayment,” according to New York Fed economist Meta Brown in a presentation of the findings.
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Source: http://silveristhenew.com/2016/02/16/the-debt-boomer-generation-real-debt-levels-up-29-to-45-since-2003/
