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The California consumer debt load equaled $70,414 per person during the past decade in these four categories.
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Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 8 July 2024
As a group, Blacks and Latinos tend to have significantly higher student loans and unsecured consumer debt and lower credit scores than their white counterparts.
—Matthew Connelly, Foreign Affairs, 12 May 2023
Credit cards only make up about 6.5% of consumer debt, according to a Bank of America Global Research report, but the increase in delinquencies appears to be outpacing income growth.
—Cora Lewis, The Denver Post, 9 June 2024
Nationally, aside from student loans, delinquencies on all types of consumer debt have been steadily rising since the end of 2021, according to the New York Fed.
—Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
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Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 8 July 2024
As a group, Blacks and Latinos tend to have significantly higher student loans and unsecured consumer debt and lower credit scores than their white counterparts.
—Matthew Connelly, Foreign Affairs, 12 May 2023
Credit cards only make up about 6.5% of consumer debt, according to a Bank of America Global Research report, but the increase in delinquencies appears to be outpacing income growth.
—Cora Lewis, The Denver Post, 9 June 2024
Nationally, aside from student loans, delinquencies on all types of consumer debt have been steadily rising since the end of 2021, according to the New York Fed.
—Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
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“Consumer debt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consumer%20debt. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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