Private equity firms are now rolling up household services businesses.
Since bottoming out during the pandemic, loan defaults and delinquencies remain scarce by historical standards.
Inflation and stalled housing prices are among the reasons older workers are returning to the workforce.
More consumers could be left without vehicle-financing options.
The labor-force participation rate remains stubbornly below pre-Covid levels.
Quiet quitting refers to workers scaling back overall effort and time spent on the job.
Average credit card interest rates have climbed to just over 19%, the highest going back to 1985.
Some 20 million households across the nation have fallen behind on their utility bills.
The "unretirement" trend was short-lived.
Just as the pandemic and its recovery proved to be k-shaped, so the next deterioration may prove similarly unequal.