Will subprime auto loans ignite another credit crisis? - InvestingChannel

Will subprime auto loans ignite another credit crisis?

“Let us focus on auto debt today since the quarterly household report from the Fed was released this week. The report is stunning because it shows a massive jump in auto debt. In the last quarter, auto debt jumped by $101 billion. Total outstanding auto debt now stands at $905 billion. In other words total auto debt jumped 12 percent in one quarter alone. More troubling of course is that a sizable portion of this debt is in the form of subprime debt [27%].”