After enduring a long period of high inflation and elevated interest rates, many U.S. consumers are feeling some pain, multiple data points strongly suggest. According to Axios, credit card delinquency rates rose 1.8 percentage points versus this time last year to 7.2%, and 8% of auto loans were delinquent at the end of Q2, representing a year-over-year increase of 0.7 percentage points. Both metrics reached their highest level since the pandemic. Moreover, the unemployment rate increased to 4.3% in July ve ...