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As Inflation Mounts, Americans Prepare to Borrow

July 15, 2021 By Jeremy Jones, CFA

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Many Americans have used their stimulus money to clear their debts. As inflation surges, they may soon need that credit to borrow money for what they want. David Benoit and Ben Eisen report at The Wall Street Journal that Americans aren’t borrowing, yet, but may soon do so. They write:

Here’s what the biggest U.S. banks are telling us about the state of the economy.

Consumer spending is returning to pre-pandemic levels, and borrowing appears poised to rise. Markets are cooling, but deal making is as hot as ever. Still, the recovery remains vulnerable, bank executives said. Covid-19 variants are driving up case counts, raising the specter of new lockdowns. Government-aid programs that kept many Americans afloat are about to expire.

People Are Spending but Not Borrowing–Yet

Americans are spending again, even more than they were pre-pandemic—booking trips and paying for restaurant meals with their credit cards. Flush with cash from government stimulus programs, they are paying down their card debt faster than they are spending.

That could change as supply-chain bottlenecks ease for cars, refrigerators and other big-ticket items. “The pump is primed” for more borrowing, said JPMorgan JPM -0.04% Chase & Co. CEO Jamie Dimon.

The housing market remained red hot, with buyers bidding up the prices of second homes and suburban mansions. Wells Fargo & Co. and JPMorgan extended more mortgages than in the first quarter, which was already a blockbuster stretch for home lending.

But many are being priced out of the market, raising questions about growth. “We’ve seen so much home price appreciation that maybe affordability starts to be a little bit of a headwind,” said JPMorgan Chief Financial Officer Jeremy Barnum.

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Jeremy Jones, CFA, CFP® is the Director of Research at Young Research & Publishing Inc., and the Chief Investment Officer at Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. CNBC has ranked Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. as one of the Top 100 Financial Advisors in the nation (2019-2022) Disclosure. Jeremy is also a contributing editor of youngresearch.com.
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