Credit card debt reaches $1 trillion in the midst of inflation and rising costs
For the first time in American history, people across the country owe more than a trillion dollars in credit card debt.
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For the first time in American history, people across the country owe more than a trillion dollars in credit card debt.
“As the interest rates get higher and higher, it becomes harder and harder to pay down that debt,” says Thomas Nitzsche, a financial educator at Money Management International.
The largest increase in debt distress is among young people, aged 18-29...
Americans’ credit card balances are at an all-time high. Total debt now tops one trillion dollars, according to the Federal Reserve. And with student loan...
The high cost of living has led consumers to rack up credit card debt, now at an average of 24% APR.