The seasonally adjusted annual interest paid by American households reached $604 billion, with a monthly payment of $50 billion, an increase of $326 billion from December 2021, accounting for 2.5% of disposable personal income. The Consumer Confidence Index of the World Federation of Large Enterprises fell 6.7 points to 81.9 in September, the lowest since 2014. The expected index dropped to 63.6, with August spending increasing by 0.9% and the savings rate dropping to 4.1%.