How Fed Rate Hikes Impact US Debt Slaves
Authored by Wolf Richter via WolfStreet.com,
But savers are still getting shafted.
Outstanding “revolving credit” owed by consumers – such as bank-issued and private-label credit cards – jumped 6.1% year-over-year to $977 billion in the third quarter, according to the Fed’s Board of Governors. When the holiday shopping season is over, it will exceed $1 trillion. At the same time, the Fed has set out to make this type of debt a lot more expensive.