return2ozma@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 2 years agoAverage consumer now carries $6,329 in credit card debt. 'People are stretched,' expert says.www.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square40linkfedilinkarrow-up1215arrow-down16
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minus-squareMutilationWave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-22 years agoThat is indeed how averages work. For example I commonly have 10k worth of credit card “debt” which is just stuff my company reimburses me for and will be paid in full on the due date. I’m skewing this average because in reality I have no debt.
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoThere’s more than one kind of average.
That is indeed how averages work. For example I commonly have 10k worth of credit card “debt” which is just stuff my company reimburses me for and will be paid in full on the due date. I’m skewing this average because in reality I have no debt.
There’s more than one kind of average.