Most Americans carry debt, and that includes the high-interest that comes with credit cards. Total credit card balances rose 5.8% from a year ago, to $1.14 trillion, according to a recent Federal ...

Debt settlement and bankruptcy are drastic solutions for serious financial problems. Most consumers who qualify for Chapter 7 are better off choosing bankruptcy. Debt settlement can be a better option ...

Herb Stein famously said that if something cannot go on forever it will stop. He might very well have been talking about the unsustainable debt situations of the United States, Japan, and France. All ...

For investors who listened to Dalio’s predictions of a coming “depression” a decade ago, they missed participating in one of the most significant bull markets in U.S. history. Not all debt is created ...

From the Covid-19 pandemic to advanced-economy interest-rate hikes, developments over the last few years have left many developing economies struggling to repay their debts. But the problem might be ...

On the surface, Carvana (NYSE: CVNA) looks like it had a spectacular turnaround year in 2023. Earnings rocketed from a $15.74 per share loss in 2022 to a profit of $4.12 per share. And it also seems ...

But these latest statistics on debt arrive amid heightened questions about how consumers are holding up in an environment marked by persistent inflation. While the big picture generally indicates ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Americans, including residents of Hawaiʻi, are swimming in debt with one in three Americans saying that their health is being negatively impacted by it. With new tariffs disrupting ...

Financial guru Dave Ramsey advised a 27-year-old caller struggling with debt and homelessness that bankruptcy would not solve his problems, emphasizing the importance of stability and personal ...

Ryan Davey has received funding from the Economic and Social Research Council, the William Wyse Fund and the Cambridge Political Economy Society Trust at the University of Cambridge, and a ...