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Americans’ credit card debt levels have just notched a new, but undesirable, milestone: For the first time ever, they’ve surpassed $1 trillion, according to data released Tuesday by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Americans’ credit card debt levels have just notched a new, but undesirable, milestone: For the first time ever, they’ve surpassed $1 trillion, according to data released Tuesday by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

    • Specific_Skunk@lemmy.world
      5·
      11 months ago

      I’ve lived through enough financial crises that constantly hearing that (“Low unemployment! Go spend money! It’s fiiiiine, everything is GREAT!”) for the past year has made me a nervous wreck.

    • ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      11 months ago

      Consumer spending is up. Unemployment is low. Wages are up. Inflation is down.

      That said, no one should choose to spend based on that. People should choose to spend based on their own personal financial security.