US Household PulseThe United States economy,
from the household inward
1 series not refreshed · updated Nov 2, 2026 Methodology
CPI 3.7%Unemployment 4.2%30Y mortgage 7.24%Saving 3.8¢ per $1Debt service 11.11%Fed funds 3.88%10Y Treasury 4.94%U.S. debt $40.594TDebt / household $301,162Household pressure 43.2

How much non-mortgage debt do households carry?

Consumer credit

Total consumer credit owned and securitized, seasonally adjusted, from the Federal Reserve’s G.19 release: revolving credit plus nonrevolving loans such as auto and student loans.

$5.20T
Dollars, August 2026
+2.7% from a year earlier
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Shaded: U.S. recessions (NBER)Dollars

The household economy, once a month

A short email after each month’s inflation and jobs data: what changed, what it means for a household budget, and nothing else.