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The lender’s failure has also raised concerns that lower-income consumers are struggling to afford payments as wages stagnate and unemployment ticks higher.

EV growth stagnated in the U.S. partly because of high sticker prices but consumers raced to buy the vehicles ahead of the expiration of the $7,500 federal tax credit at the end of September.

Before the industrial revolution, economic growth stagnated for centuries.

That trick does give you the lowest possible growth rate, so it’s an effective way to “prove” that U.S. incomes stagnated over the past few decades.

Now, more are falling behind on their loans, signaling that lower-income consumers are struggling to afford payments as wages stagnate and unemployment ticks higher.