Student loan debt exceeds credit card debt in USA
Total student loan debt exceeds total credit card debt in this country, with $850 billion outstanding, according to Mark Kantrowitz, publisher ...read more
View ArticleNew year, new hope for economic growth
Latest signs spur caution optimism. Stock market rising; Americans paying off debt.read more
View ArticleAmericans are feeling more comfortable about debt
The financial shocks that began in 2007 prompted a lot of Americans to change their free-spending ways, especially when it came to taking on debt. Several years on, some Americans may be reversing...
View ArticleConsumer debt eases despite growing student debt
A decrease in the amount owed on mortgages helped drive overall U.S. consumer debt lower in the second quarter, even as Americans kept piling up student loan debt, data showed on Wednesday. Total...
View ArticleU.S. families' debt loads decline to pre-recession levels
After a long period of consumer retrenchment, U.S. families have cut their once-out-of-control debt loads down to pre-recession levels, largely removing one major obstacle to a faster economic...
View ArticleFive economic trends to be thankful for
There is a dirty little secret about economics writing. The thing that offers the surest path to glory to front page play for a story, to lots of Web traffic, to a pat on the back from editors is doom...
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