The unreality bubble: is there another personal debt crisis coming?

Business & FinancePersonal Finance
4 Apr 2025 • 9:50 PM MYT
The Independent
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The news on personal debt is…good? As a percentage of disposable income, household debt is down to 120%. It peaked at over 150% during the 2008 financial crisis. We’re saving more than we’re spending and things appear to be moving in the right direction.

Or are they?

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