[MCN] MarketWatch: The State of the American Wallet

[Lance Olsen]

MarketWatch. January 31 2018

Trump’s first State of the Union highlights economy — but what’s the real state of the American wallet?

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/as-trump-delivers-first-state-of-the-union-whats-the-real-state-of-the-american-wallet-2018-01-30 <https://www.marketwatch.com/story/as-trump-delivers-first-state-of-the-union-whats-the-real-state-of-the-american-wallet-2018-01-30>

Excerpt

MarketWatch’s State of the American Wallet <https://www.marketwatch.com/story/these-10-numbers-reveal-the-average-americans-financial-health-how-do-you-compare-2017-09-15> dashboard paints a real-time portrait — in data — of how the average American family is faring financially. It updates automatically every month as new data on income, debt and cost of living are recorded.

The numbers provide another picture of American financial health — one with some dark spots. While consumers are spending more freely, they’re often borrowing money to do so. Credit card debt reached record levels in 2017 <https://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-households-will-soon-have-as-much-debt-as-they-had-in-2008-2017-04-03>, and student loan and auto loan debt  <https://www.marketwatch.com/story/auto-lending-is-vigorous-even-as-high-risk-delinquencies-build-2017-11-14>are ballooning.


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