If Credit Is the Lifeblood of Our Economy...

...then we are officially @#$%ed.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjR_5XRQVGZ3QP8isyN1oUXsMGVgiW1JRMFLxjW_vYCfR4hHAqOqeXpgAhLakNVP6jgVZfgqGcbmUFv8ULU7jLLR5FCKSJ2ZRiCtSANJA9k-NtwrZNss2qyUrYPVreQpnOKn5XjHBXOt0/s1600/Bank+Credit+Growth+vs.+Savings+Growth.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjR_5XRQVGZ3QP8isyN1oUXsMGVgiW1JRMFLxjW_vYCfR4hHAqOqeXpgAhLakNVP6jgVZfgqGcbmUFv8ULU7jLLR5FCKSJ2ZRiCtSANJA9k-NtwrZNss2qyUrYPVreQpnOKn5XjHBXOt0/s320/Bank+Credit+Growth+vs.+Savings+Growth.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Credit growth (in red) is slowing.<br />Savings growth (in blue) is slowing.<br /><br />Without either of those two, I guess we'll just have to rely on wage growth. Good luck on that one. Sigh.<br /><br />This is not investment advice.<br /><br /><b>See Also:</b><br /><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2014/02/low-cd-rates-lending-drought-and.html">Low CD Rates: Lending Drought and Savings Monsoon</a><br /><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=rVb">St. Louis Fed: Custom Chart</a>

If Credit Is the Lifeblood of Our Economy...

...then we are officially @#$%ed. Credit growth (in red) is slowing. Savings growth (in blue) is slowing. Without either of those two, I gue...

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