Credit card debt hit a record $1.21 trillion — here's why 'no one should be surprised,' expert says
Collectively, Americans now owe a record $1.21 trillion on their credit cards, according to a new quarterly report on household debt from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Credit card balances jumped by $45 billion in the fourth quarter of 2024, driven in part by holiday spending, and are now 7.3% higher than a year ago.
That old adage, ‘Retire without debt,’ may be going the way of the electric typewriter. Nearly every retirement-age American has debt.
Newly confirmed HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently reported owing $610,000 to $1.2 million in credit card debt.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the so-called cop on the beat protecting Americans from financial abuse, is now ...
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