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# Auto Loans with Negative Equity, Central Bank Balance Sheets, and Median Age of US Homebuyers
- URL: https://www.thejanusobserver.com/auto-loans-with-negative-equity-central-bank-balance-sheets-and-median-age-of-us-homebuyers/
- Published: 2019-12-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-25T19:53:50.000Z
- Author: Jonathan Janus
- Tags: Uncategorized, Auto Loan Deliquencies, Auto Loans, Central Bank Balance Sheets, US Home Sales, #Migrated-1792957904788, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-25 19:52

[WSJ - A $45,000 Loan for a $27,000 Ride: More Borrowers Are Going Underwater on Car Loans - AnnaMaria Andriotis and Ben Eisen 11/9/19](https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-45-000-loan-for-a-27-000-ride-more-borrowers-are-going-underwater-on-car-loans-11573295400?mod=djemDailyShot&mod=djemDailyShot&ref=thejanusobserver.com)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/2019-11-09_wsj_share-of-auto-loans-with-neg-equity.png)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/2019-11-09_wsj_vehicle-auto-loans-and-neg-equity.png)

Bloomberg - Central Bank Balance Sheets as Percentage of GDP 12/6/19 

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/2019-12-06_bloomberg_central-bank-balance-sheets-as-percentage-of-gdp.png)

[The Big Picture: Deutsche Bank - Median Age of US Homebuyers - 12/5/19](https://ritholtz.com/2019/12/median-us-homebuyers-age-in-1981-was-31-today-it-is-47/?ref=thejanusobserver.com)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/2019-12-05_the-big-picture_deutsche-bank-median-age-of-us-homebuyers.png)