In the US, interest rates on household items are skyrocketing
In just 1 year, the average interest rate on credit card debt has gone from 14% to 21%+. New car loan rates went from 4% to 8% while used car loan rates are at 12%+. Mortgage rates are at a fresh high of 7.2%, up from 2.7% in 2021. Will the US consumer be able to absorb all these debt servicing costs? Source: The Kobeissi Letter, Macrobond, IN
The lagging effects of higher interest rates ?
Yellow Corp. filed for bankruptcy and will remain shuttered after the trucking firm’s long-running financial woes (rising bond & loan payments) were compounded by a dispute with its labor force (wage inflation). The firm closes after nearly 100 years and leaves 30k employees jobless (this will likely be reflected in a lower payroll print for August). Source: Bloomberg
Interest payments on US government debt are soaring
source: Markets & Mayhem
Swiss inflation slows further as SNB mulls september rate hike
Swiss inflation slowed to the lowest rate in one and a half years, testing the determination of SNB officials who have signaled that a further tightening step in September is likely.
Consumer prices rose 1.6% in July from a year earlier, down from 1.7% the previous month.
Source: Bloomberg, Swiss Fed statistical office
Robinhood now makes much more collecting interest on client cash than from its core business.
This is $234 million that RH's customers should be collecting but they are currently handling to the Trading App. Source: www.zerohedge.com, Robinhood
US interest expenses have surged by about 50% in the past year, to nearly $1 trillion on an annualized basis
Source: Lisa Ambramowicz, Bloomberg
US Treasury 10-Year yield increases to highest level since november 2022
Treasuries fell across the curve, pushing the 10-year yield to the highest level since November as traders digest an uptick in US government issuance, a sovereign credit downgrade and a stronger-than-expected private job report.
Source: Bloomberg
Only 11% of US household debt has an adjustable interest rate
That means the vast majority of Americans with existing fixed rate mortgages/auto loans/student loans have not been impacted by the Fed's 11 rate hikes. Source: Charlie Bilello
