Debtdriven shocks can worsen economic conditions from "summary" of House of Debt by Atif Mian,Amir Sufi
Debt has a way of amplifying economic shocks. When households and businesses take on a lot of debt, they become more vulnerable to unexpected downturns. This vulnerability arises because debt payments are fixed, even when income falls. If a household or business owes a lot of money, they will have to make their debt payments regardless of what happens to their income. In good times, debt makes people feel wealthier. But in bad times, it can turn a small setback into a financial disaster. This is the basic idea in our research. We argue that the high levels of debt taken on by households and businesses before the financial crisis made the recession much worse. When house prices collapsed, many households found themselves with mortgages that were much larger than the value of their homes. This meant that even people with stable jobs and incomes were unable to refinance their mortgages or sell their homes. As a result, they...
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