According to Mr Jeanne, debt, including mortgage debt, is like pollution. It imposes costs on others that the borrower fails to take into account.

他认为，债务，包括抵押债务，就像污染一样，债务人考虑不周造成的损失，却是由其他人被迫承担了。

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Total household debt including mortgage, student, credit-card and auto loans has fallen by roughly 10% since borrowing peaked in mid-2008.

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On average, their monthly debt payments, including mortgage, credit cards, auto loan and paying back friends come to 64% of pretax income.

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Many analysts, including the rating agencies that gave the mortgage debt high ratings, also badly miscalculated the impact of the mortgage crisis.

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