Credit Card Debt Surges To A Record High

Credit card debt hit a record $1.17 trillion. It’s a red flag for budgets.
Americans are putting more on plastic, a sign that household cash flow is shaky and spending is unsustainable.
This Week In Credit Card News: Credit Card Debt Surges To A Record High
Credit Card Users Are Still Paying Off Last Year’s Holiday Debt Americans tend to overspend during the holiday season. In fact, some borrowers are still paying off debt from last year’s purchases. To that point,
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Credit card debt surges to another record high, New York Fed data shows
U.S. consumers have more credit card debt than ever before, hitting a fresh record $1.17 trillion last quarter, according to New York Federal Reserve data.
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Credit card debt among retirees jumps ‘substanitally’
More American retirees have credit card debt than before, a “substantial” jump over the last four years, a new survey found. Sixty-eight percent of retirees reported having outstanding credit card debt in 2024 compared with 40% in 2022 and 43% in 2020,
Credit card rates have barely budged, despite interest rate cuts. Here's why
Credit card debt climbed $24 billion over a three-month stretch ending in September, soaring to a level 8% higher than where ...
Will credit card interest rates increase now that inflation is climbing?
W ith the average credit card interest rate currently hovering above 23%, millions of Americans are finding it harder to keep ...
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Current credit card interest rates
How are credit card rates set? The typical credit card ... Essentially, the federal funds rate is the interest rate that banks charge each other for short-term (generally overnight) ...
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Strong Economy Leaves Fed in No Hurry to Cut Interest Rates, Says Chair Powell
But if inflation continues to inch upward, the central bank may decide it needs to leave rates high to avoid a repeat of ...
Fed cuts interest rates a second time but economists say 2025 outlook uncertain
Many economists still expect another quarter-point cut ahead in December. But expect more debate on the Fed's path in 2025.
The Fed rate cut: What it means for your bank accounts, loans, credit cards, and investments
The Fed controls one interest rate: the federal funds rate, the short-term rate banks use to borrow from each other. The ...
What Fed Rate Moves Mean for Your Finances
Here’s how the central bank’s interest rate moves influence car loans, credit cards, mortgages, savings and student loans.
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Fed Interest Rate Cuts: What It Means For Credit Cards in 2024
What does this rate cut mean for you? We’ll explain below. How credit card interest rates are affected Your credit card interest rates are unlikely to be affected immediately by this development ...
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What Is APR? Understanding Credit Card Interest Rates
When you don’t pay your credit card balance in full each month, your card issuer charges interest on your carried balance. The rate you pay is the card’s APR — a figure expressed as a ...
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3 Surprising Things a Debit Card Can Do That a Credit Card Can't
For some people, this built-in guardrail can save them from going into debt. The truth is, credit cards have exorbitant ...