Household debt increased by $313 billion (2.1 percent) in the second quarter of 2021, hitting a total of $14.96 trillion, according to information from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Center for Microeconomic Data, which was released on Tuesday (Aug. 3). The total debt...
Medical debt in the U.S. is more than any government department was aware, with collection agencies trying to recoup debts totaling some $140 billion, The New York Times reported on Tuesday (July 20), citing a new JAMA study. Healthcare debt is now the biggest source...
Americans are still borrowing – but not with their cards, which seem to have been kept firmly in their proverbial wallets. There is a reticence to spend with plastic, which may have ripple effects for banks and payment networks. The Federal Reserve Bank of New...
U.S. credit card debt dropped to its lowest point since 2017 as borrowing fell off in January for the first time since August, the Associated Press reported. The decline in credit card borrowing offset overall borrowing gains in vehicle and student loans, according to a...
According to a new report from the Federal Reserve, total household debt rose to $14.56 trillion in the fourth quarter of 2020, an increase of $206 billion from the third quarter. Year-over-year, the report shows an increase in household debt of $414 billion. The increase...
Americans paid off $10 billion in credit card debt in the third quarter (Q3) of 2020, but borrowed more for car and housing loans, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) citing the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. This follows a...
U.S. consumers have been paying down payments on credit cards with the pandemic continuing to hamper spending opportunities, which has led to dramatically falling bank card loans, The Financial Times (FT) reports. According to the report, the total amount of card loans in U.S. banks...
Debt collection is ready to enter the digital age. To that end, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a final rule on Friday (Oct. 30) that allows debt collectors to engage with borrowers over a broader range of communications channels than before. The communications can...
The pandemic has fueled a record $10.5 trillion debt owed to creditors by U.S. corporations, 30 times the debt of 50 years ago, MarketWatch reported, citing a report from BofA Global Research. The largest piece of debt, $7.2 trillion, is owed by companies with investment-grade...
