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Home Sales Up, But for How Long?

Posted on: August 24, 2020 August 24, 2020 Written by: BauerFinancial Comments: 0
Last week we reported that consumers are paying down their credit card debt. We also mentioned that mortgage debt and mortgage originations were on the rise. Today we are going to delve further into that phenomenon. Tim Ellis, a Senior…
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Consumers Focus on Paying Down Debt

Posted on: August 17, 2020 August 17, 2020 Written by: BauerFinancial Comments: 0
Housing takes, by far, the largest bite out of most consumers’ wallets, at least in this country. That’s followed by student debt, automobile loans and then, finally, credit card debt. And, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s…
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Unemployment Begets Bad Debt

Posted on: May 18, 2020 May 18, 2020 Written by: BauerFinancial
Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, made some poignant remarks in a speech on Wednesday. What we found particularly disheartening was that: People who had a job in February and whose annual household income was less than $40,000 stood…
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Debt, Delinquencies, Unemployment, All Up

Debt and Delinquencies Up

Posted on: May 12, 2020 May 12, 2020 Written by: BauerFinancial
Thanks to the New York Fed, we are getting our first glimpse into first quarter numbers, and it’s not a pretty sight. Household debt hit a new record at $14.3 trillion. That’s not a surprise; it’s been rising every quarter…
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Shop Around for Student Loans

Posted on: February 24, 2020 August 19, 2022 Written by: BauerFinancial
It Pays to Shop Around for Student Loans Topping the $1.5 trillion mark, student loan debt is now the second highest type of household debt (after mortgages) in the U.S. Along with the burgeoning growth of student debt is a…
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Consumer Debt Reaches New High

Posted on: February 18, 2020 February 18, 2020 Written by: BauerFinancial
Consumer Debt Reaches New Record High After five straight years of continued growth, U.S. consumer debt passed $14 trillion at the end of 2019, a new record high, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRB). Consumer debt…
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Consumer Debt on the Rise

Consumer Debt Edging Up

Posted on: February 10, 2020 February 10, 2020 Written by: BauerFinancial
Consumer Debt Increases at Community Banks Total loans and leases grew 4.6% at the nation’s banks during the 12 month period ending September 30, 2019. While Commercial and Industrial loan growth led the way at an annual rate of 6.3%,…
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