household debt

Sub-Prime Lending’s Late-Year Bounce
Sub-Prime Lending’s Late-Year Bounce
November 20, 2018  |  Alternative Finances

According to the latest Q3 2018 TransUnion’s Industry Insights Report the back half of 2018 has been a good year for sub-prime borrowers looking for access to credit. In the year...

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The Concerning Creep In Consumer Debt
The Concerning Creep In Consumer Debt
August 21, 2018  |  Economy

U.S. consumer debt has been on the rise for the last year and hit $13.29 trillion during the quarter ending in June, according to the...

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America’s Expanding Debt Footprint (And What It Really Means)
America’s Expanding Debt Footprint (And What It Really Means)
June 26, 2018  |  Alternative Finances

When the Great Recession kicked off a decade ago, for a brief but memorable time, it seemed as though credit in the United States was...

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Adyen Sizzles, Bitcoin Fizzles And Retail Gets Its Groove Back
Adyen Sizzles, Bitcoin Fizzles And Retail Gets Its Groove Back
June 15, 2018  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Sizzle of the Week: Retail’s 2018 Rebound Retail has had a rough couple of years, as most players that aren’t Amazon have struggled to cross the digital, omnichannel chasm. On the...

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Millennials May Never Financially Recover From The Great Recession
Millennials May Never Financially Recover From The Great Recession
May 23, 2018  |  Debt

For all the press about how millennials are the future of commerce, there is one big and rather problematic roadblock in that narrative. Millennials are...

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Twenty-Eight Percent Of Home Equity Borrowers Over 60 In 2017
Twenty-Eight Percent Of Home Equity Borrowers Over 60 In 2017
May 18, 2018  |  Debt

The rich are getting richer, at least in terms of household wealth. The Wall Street Journal reports that, despite a strong recovery of home equity...

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Ripple Sizzles, Retail Sales Fizzle And PepsiCo Makes Digital Deliver
Ripple Sizzles, Retail Sales Fizzle And PepsiCo Makes Digital Deliver
February 16, 2018  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

PepsiCo turned some heads with its quarterly earnings call announcement that it would take some of its tax reform windfall and reinvest it in improving the firm’s eCommerce...

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US Household Debt Spikes In Q4 2017
US Household Debt Spikes In Q4 2017
February 14, 2018  |  Debt

Thanks in part to a rising number of mortgage loans, the debt levels of Americans increased during the last three months of 2017. Reuters, citing...

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US Consumer Debt — Ten Years Later
US Consumer Debt — Ten Years Later
August 18, 2017  |  Debt

The economic world before the Great Recession and the world ten years hence are similar-looking — but in many ways fundamentally different — places.  And...

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