Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Which US Households Are Overleveraged?

Very interesting stuff from Jonathan Wilmott via Business Insider. The first graph shows US Household Debt to GDP Ratio, which most people are familiar with by now. The second graph, however, breaks this ratio into deciles based on income distribution. This reveals that the bottom 20% of Americans are the most highly leveraged. The remaining 80% of households are not really in such a precarious position.

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