KEY TAKEAWAYS Rising inflation and tariffs have driven more consumers to use personal loans to help manage their budgets and ...
High house prices and interest rates, inflation and stagnating salaries are making it hard to stay afloat ...
Instead, the calls kept coming, day after day, each one a reminder that something had gone sideways with his plan to get ahead of his credit card balances. Like many Americans trying to take control ...
Intuit Credit Karma reports Americans' average debt rose to $58,712 in Q4 2025, with Gen Z showing the highest growth at ...
While 2025 ended with a 4.4% growth in gross domestic product, fueled by low unemployment, strong consumer and government spending, and business investment, the view of that positive economic news ...
Midway through the first quarter of 2026, American households are carrying record-breaking credit card debt. Once a quick and easy fix for simple expenses, it has had to turn into a financial lifeline ...
As prices continue to rise across the country, Americans are tacking more and more money onto their consumer debt. Americans have $1.3 trillion in credit card debt, $1.7 trillion in auto loan debt and ...
Financial strain has settled into a new normal for American households, with the LegalShield Consumer Stress Legal Index (CSLI) rising 4.4% in the fourth quarter of 2025—the third consecutive ...
Consumer debt grew at a much slower pace in January, returning to the pre-holiday trend of muted borrowing. The fact that the ...
ATLANTA, Feb. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Equifax® (NYSE: EFX) has released its Market Pulse Fourth Quarter U.S. Consumer Credit Trends, which includes U.S. national consumer credit data and trends ...
Many New Jersey families are holding their breath financially. Layoffs are ticking up and everyday expenses like groceries, utilities and rent keep climbing. For households already stretched thin, ...