Debt is a growing problem. The latest consumer data shows that total household debt has surpassed $18 trillion and consumers owe a record $1.21 trillion in credit card debt. With so many consumers ...

A large number of Americans have been struggling to make ends meet right now — and that's especially true for those carrying credit card debt. Case in point? The latest Large Bank Credit Card and ...

$37 trillion in total debt is a loud, bullish sign that the U.S. is the world’s richest country…by far. But don’t misread what you’ve just read. The total debt run up by the U.S. Treasury isn’t ...

Congratulations! Becoming debt-free is a game-changer. Making that last payment on credit cards, student loans or whatever debt burden you carried must have been a huge weight off your shoulders.

Student loan borrowers who haven't paid their debt now face seeing their wages garnished, Social Security benefits reduced, and more as debt collection resumes in 2025. A five-year break that began as ...

Amaiya Camillo first went viral on TikTok when she opened up about her debt journey in January 2025 Amaiya Camillo is a 26-year-old nurse who graduated with $110,000 debt from student loans, an auto ...

With the Trump administration scaling back federal efforts to protect Americans from medical bills they can't pay, advocates for patients and consumers have shifted their work to contain the nation's ...

That was the question Indiana legislators asked after I shared the work of the National Debt Crisis Task Force, a group of state financial officers who are committed to building support for President ...

Despite a succession of shocks since 2020, the global economy has held up remarkably well – so far. But the margin for error is dwindling. Total global debt is now ...