US household debt rises in Q3 as delinquency rate reaches 5.0%
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[Home tax deduction] bymuratdeniz Overall, household debt rose in 2026's third quarter, as did the overall delinquency rate, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's Center for Microeconomic Data said Tuesday. The amount of household debt increased by $334B, or 1.8%, in Q3 to…
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- 01Household debt rose $334 billion, or 1.8%, to $19.1 trillion.
- 02The aggregate delinquency rate worsened to 5.0%, up 0.3 percentage points.
- 03The transition into serious delinquency remained broadly stable.