FARPOINT FACTOID

• Consumer credit has skyrocketed from $672.2 billion to $2.1 trillion;
• Outstanding household debt has grown $2.7 trillion, to $10.764 trillion;
• The trade deficit has plummeted from negative $150.7 billion to negative $756.8 billion;
  The total of foreign-owned U.S. assets has shot from $1.7 trillion to $11.5 trillion.

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