Americans Have Lost $6.8 Trillion This Year As Stocks Crashed, Housing Market Collapsed And Savings Dwindled

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Stock values collapsed $1.9 trillion last quarter as household debt climbed to a record $18.8 trillion.

As the Federal Reserve works to combat rising inflation by slowing down the economy, the wealth of American households has evaporated—collapsing by more than $6.8 trillion this year as Americans load up on debt and face plunging stock values, a slowdown in the housing market and a potential recession.... [+]The combined net worth of U.S. households fell to $143.3 trillion last quarter—down from nearly $144 trillion one quarter prior and $150.

Total household debt jumped 6.3% on an annual basis to $18.8 trillion last quarter, with rapid growth in credit card borrowing and automobile loans pushing consumer credit up 7%.The stock market is on track for its worst week since September as a growing number of companies

 

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It's biden and all his pedophile supporters fault

It's like pushing everything over again. Anything goes from zero to 100 and everything comes back.

Stocks didn’t crash. I would expect better from Forbes than Fox hysteria.

Thanks to handjob Joe.

Insane… As soon as biden was elected i parked my entire 401k

But, Joe says the economy is doing great. 🤔🙄

Donald trump has finally got something to say about Baiden reign

Print 7 trillion during covid, suck it all right back up. Nothing to see here

Lol interesting 🧐

Build back better alright.

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