Is the Auto Loan Bubble Bursting? Delinquent Loans Jump 27% Year-Over-Year

Screen Shot 2014-12-05 at 12.29.58 PMI’ve covered the ever expanding subprime auto loan market on several occasions over the past couple of years, most recently in the post: Chinese Homebuilders Expand in America as U.S. Auto Loans Hit Record Levels. As they always do, it appears that the chickens are starting to come home to roost.

The New York Times reports the following:

An increasing number of borrowers are falling behind on their car payments, even as the total amount of outstanding debt reaches new heights, according to the latest report by Experian, the credit and research firm.

In a presentation on Wednesday, Experian said the balance of loans that were 60 days delinquent increased 27 percent, to roughly $4 billion, in the third quarter from the same period a year ago.

Signs of trouble in the market come after a significant increase in lending to people with damaged credit and limited financial means.

Analysts have warned that a loosening of underwriting standards for subprime auto loans could cause widespread losses in the financial system because much of the debt has been securitized and bought by investors around the globe.

Muppets lose, as always.

Finance companies, which tend to focus more on subprime customers than traditional banks, had the largest increases in delinquencies in the third quarter.

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I continue to rely on the work of Martin Armstrong when it comes to timing large macro changes, and he has been forecasting the U.S. economy to fall off a cliff in second half of 2015. That’s when all the underlying issues I write about at Liberty Blitzkrieg likely will explode to the surface.

In Liberty,
Michael Krieger

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7 thoughts on “Is the Auto Loan Bubble Bursting? Delinquent Loans Jump 27% Year-Over-Year”

  1. LOL ,so now WE WILL BE PAYIN for cars we don’t OWN ?
    same as the crap w/mortgages ?
    when will the credit cards be next as i KNOW the student loans SCAM most likely WAS tucked into the mortgages SCAM.

    eh ? remember bernie maddoff ?
    to FILE AND GET REFUNDS you didn’t HAVE TO PROVIDE PROOF THERE EITHER as the transactions were verbal=
    is THIS a GREAT NATION OR WHAT ??????????????????????

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  2. “Analysts have warned that a loosening of underwriting standards for subprime auto loans could cause widespread losses in the financial system because much of the debt has been securitized and bought by investors around the globe.”

    No problem – the Fed will buy the bad loans and ABS deals at face value. Rinse and repeat.

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  3. THERE can’t be a problem,everyone I know has a new car,even the ones who are unemployed,and everyone asks me when I’am going to buy one,I tell them NEVER,I’am keeping the one I have,ITS PAID FOR…………

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  4. All repairable autos were junked for steel (cash for clunkers) to use as debt payment to China.

    I was almost forced to buy a new truck, as I use for work. All remaining used trucks doubled in price in a 2 year period.

    The basic economics is there was not enough “work” to meet the payments of a new truck. As I raised prices to meet that budget less jobs were landed.

    There is a fundamental flaw in the economy.

    That flaw is the psychology of society. They will pay more for wants…….than needs.

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  5. Looks like the subprime crash of 2008 taught everyone a lesson…borrow more! Stupidity grows and grows. God help America

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