Increased debt payments by consumers and corporations could signal an economic slowdown.
"if more and more people have to spend more money to pay off their debt and interest there's less money to spend in other parts of the economy if people have less money to spend in other parts of the economy to buy Chipotle to eat at restaurants to go on vacations to do other nice things because they have to buy their necessary expenses and then pay off their debt that means that could signal a Slowdown in the economy"