Household debt becoming a burden

The all-clear siren sounded by the Fraser Institute last week on household debt is misleading. The debt service metric they use only captures the interest cost portion of debt, which completely misses the point in a high debt, low interest rate environment. Other evidence suggests that household debt obligations are becoming a burden.

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