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Consumers With More Credit Card Debt than Emergency Savings Hits All-Time High: Bankrate

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The number of consumers who are carrying more credit card debt than emergency savings has reached its highest point since Bankrate began tracking the metric 13 years ago. Another day, yet another sign that consumers are over-extended and are at risk of falling off a financial cliff.

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Consumers Share Financial Regrets, Details about Credit Card Debt

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Defaulting on payments and ending up in debt collection is the fourth-most popular regret among consumers with respect to their financial situations, according to the results of a poll commissioned by TrueAccord, which it released earlier this week.

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Credit Card Debt, Delinquency Rates Keep Falling

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While the total amount of household debt continues its march upward, the amount of credit card debt had a huge decline during the first quarter of 2021, according to data released yesterday by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and coincides with a published media report that discusses how credit card issuers are more … The post Credit Card (..)

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More Consumers Carrying Credit Card Debt, Fewer Consumers Have Plan to Pay it Off: Bankrate

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Credit card debt is on the rise, reaching levels not seen since the early days of the pandemic. Half of credit cardholders now carry a balance from month to month, up from 44% in January and the highest rate observed since March 2020, when 60% of cardholders carried debt, according to a new Bankrate survey. […]

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What the States With the Highest Credit Card Debt Burdens Have in Common

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If you had three guesses, do you think you could name any of the five states that have the highest amount of average credit card debt, per person? All five were in the top 10 last year, according to a ranking provided by Creditcards.com. Want a clue?

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20+ Illuminating Credit Card Debt Statistics for 2023

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The average household credit card debt in America is $9,654, and the states with the largest amount of credit card debt are Alaska, Hawaii, and New Jersey. Between the first quarters of 2022 and 2023, The Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported that the credit card debt in America rose by $145 billion.

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Credit Card Debt Is Making a Comeback

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Credit card debt took a nosedive in the early days of the pandemic in 2020 as consumers stayed home, lost work and received cash infusions from the government. Credit card debt increased 15% year over year — the largest one-year increase in more than two decades, according to the Federal.