Consumer Attitudes Towards Debt - US By: Mintel International

1. Consumer Attitudes Towards Debt - US
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3. It has been five years since the financial crisis and a good seven years since the peak
and subsequent decline in housing prices, two events that rocked the country. This
report explores the aftermath of these events. Consumer debt reached record levels
in the years leading up to 2007-08, and many are paying it back to this day. What this
means is that they are still living lives that are affected either by their current major
debt loads, or the memory of the impact of those debt burdens in the past.
Consumer Attitudes Towards Debt - US - July 2013 discusses how consumers are
managing their debt, what their views are about debt and credit, and how this
impacts their ability to save. The types of debt include mortgage debt and the
continuing incidence of “underwater” mortgages, credit card debt, HELOCs, and
student loans, which have replaced other forms of debt as the fastest-growing
consumer obligation.
Consumer Attitudes Towards Debt - US

4. This report looks at the following:
How are consumers responding to their current levels of debt, and what are their plans for
incurring more debt?
What are their priorities in paying off debt?
What groups are the least and most burdened by debt? How will this impact their ability to spend
and save?
What are consumer attitudes about people who have debt and taking on new debt?
This report builds on the analysis presented in Mintel’s Consumers and the Economic Outlook—
U.S., February 2013, as well as the report American Lifestyles 2013 Five Years Later—U.S., April
2013.
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Consumer Attitudes Towards Debt - US

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