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Re:US Gross Domestic Product, Second Quarter 2022 (Advance E... by camhart on Thursday July 28, 2022 @12:18PM (#32266423)
> Consumer balance sheets are strong.

Consumer debt is at record highs for overall debt, and household credit card debt is climbing towards record levels.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2022/05/10/hou...

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2022/05/10/con...

Re:US Gross Domestic Product, Second Quarter 2022 (Advance E... by tfehring on Thursday July 28, 2022 @12:37PM (#32266701)
The fastest-growing (and largest) category of that debt was mortgage debt, which is probably a positive economic indicator if anything, though note that that's based on Q1 data. Household debt servicing costs as a percent of disposable income are still lower than at any point between 1980 (the earliest data available) and the start of the pandemic. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/TDSP

Also keep in mind that those debt figures are in nominal USD. One positive effect of inflation is that it reduces the real cost of paying off debt.

Re:US Gross Domestic Product, Second Quarter 2022 (Advance E... by mym1990 on Thursday July 28, 2022 @12:54PM (#32266978)
Is this a positive effect? I think it is for lower inflation rates, but above a certain threshold the borrowing can get out of hand, people will go and get more loans, which will drive prices higher. Eventually the bubble pops and people go underwater.