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Written by rjs, MarketWatch 666News posted last week about economic effects related to the coronavirus 2019-nCoV (aka SARS-CoV-2), which produces COVID-19 disease, has been surveyed and some articles are summarized here. We cover the latest economic data, especially the prospects for an infrastructure bill, stimulus checks, government funding, the Fed, the latest employment data, housing market reports, mortgage delinquencies & forbearance, travel, layoffs, lockdowns, and schools, as well as infrastructure and GDP. The bulk of the news is from the U.S., with a few more articles from overs...

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Home loans drive up household debt by Bloomberg | Today at 2:17 a.m. U.S. household debt rose at the fastest pace since 2013 in the second quarter, driven by a mortgage boom as Americans took advantage of low borrowing costs and sought more space to work from home. Household liabilities climbed $313 billion to $14.96 trillion as of the end of June, a 2.1% rise from three months earlier, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said in a report published Tuesday. Most of the increase came in mortgage balances. With the average 30-year rate declining in the period, millions of Americans with good ...

US household debt soared to nearly $15 trillion last quarter By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Published Aug 4, 2021 11:19:56 AM enablePagination: false (CNN) — Americans have more debt than ever before. A surge in credit card spending and home purchases caused US household debt to increase by $313 billion, or 2.1%, in the second quarter, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. That's the largest nominal jump since 2007 and the biggest percentage increase in seven and a half years. In total, American consumers held $14.96 trillion in debt at the end of June — the biggest pile of ...