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Nearly a quarter of Americans with credit card debt say they may never pay it off. Emergency expenses and daily living costs are the top reasons for carrying debt. Fewer than half of credit card ...

Low wages, high costs and fierce job competition are pushing young workers into debt — and onto social media for solutions.

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Consolidating credit card debt with a personal loan means taking out a new personal loan, using the loan proceeds to pay off credit card balances and then paying off the new loan. Consolidating ...

Credit card interest rates remain high right now, driven up, in part, by the Federal Reserve's rate hikes that occurred in 2022 and 2023. While the increases were aimed at combating inflation, they ...

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The New York Federal Reserve’s report on household debt for the second quarter of 2025 came out Tuesday. And the numbers are big. Some of them, like delinquencies, also may be a bit alarming. Here are ...