Private Debt

Federal Reserve Board numbers on consumer credit debt:

**Though it is not explicit, I believe these figures are contemporaneous; i.e., the 1992 figures are in 1992 dollars.

1992 - $0.81 Trillion
2000 - $1.72 Trillion
2008 - $2.57 Trillion

These totals include credit cards, auto loans, and other non-mortgage private debt. I'm still hunting down mortgage debt numbers.