Charts of the Week
Household Debt Delinquencies on the Rise
May 16, 2025
Household debt broken down by delinquency status
Household debt broken down by delinquency status
Credit card and mortgage debt are both 32% higher than pre-pandemic.
Mortgage originations remain well off the peak set in 2021.
Some interesting charts from our recent posts
Jim Bianco joins Fox Business to discuss this week's CPI/PPI Reports, Retail Sales Data & the Battle between Institutional and Retail Investors with Charles Payne.
Today's topics include concerns over the federal deficit, in defense of the U.S. trade deficit, new SLR rules incoming, today's trade headlines, containership bookings spike, the struggle for first-time homebuyers, the dollar, and still ironing out the details on Europe's defense spending goals.
Today's topics include today's trade headlines, gold sentiment at an extreme, an eye on global shipping, surplus savings struggle to find productive investments, stock returns after rising above 200-day moving average, stock returns after quick bounce back, the odds of recession, what is Trump's preferred crude oil price?, and watch for stocks exposed to government spending during debt ceiling debates.
Inflation data has improved in the last few months, but a strong labor market and uncertainty surrounding the trade war have kept traders from pricing in any rate cuts until September.
We are reaching the end of earnings season. Overall, it was a strong quarter of growth with over 77% beating expectations.
Today's topics include stocks recapture Liberation Day levels, professional investors were slow to jump back into the equity rally, negative rates are back, more details on China-U.S. negotiations, freight between the U.S. & China, prospects of an EU deal, and tariffs in April