(RECAP: Increased mortgage borrowing was behind a 1.1 percent rise in U.S. household debt in the first quarter, with slowdowns in other areas such as credit-card balances and auto loans, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Total mortgage debt rose 1.5 percent from the final quarter of 2015 to $8.37 trillion, marking the highest level since the third quarter of 2011, according to the New York Fed’s quarterly report on household debt and credit, released Tuesday.)