Used car buyers get older models with more miles for same budget, Heather Long notes

Used car buyers get older models with more miles for same budget, Heather Long notes
Used car buyers get less for budget

Heather Long highlights how used car buyers are getting less value for their money compared to 2019. A budget of $15,000 to $20,000 in 2019 was enough to buy a 3.4 year-old vehicle with about 42,000 miles.

Today, the same dollar amount now only buys a car that averages 6 years old with 71,000 miles. Long adds that Americans are already aware of how much home prices have increased.

Long previously reported that the U.S. economy lost 23,000 jobs in July and labor force participation fell, according to official data. She also covered the slowdown in U.S. inflation to 3.4% in July, as highlighted in her article on consumer price trends. Rising gas prices have remained a noted risk to price stability.

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