Household debt just hit a new all-time high. Here's how to slash your high-rate card balances before they spiral.

As the credit card bills pile up and the variable interest rates on your cards climb higher, it's easy to become trapped in a cycle of debt that you can't easily overcome. And, when you add the ...

The math is brutal. At an average interest rate of 22%, all it takes is a revolving credit card balance of a few thousand dollars to find yourself in serious trouble, especially as the interest ...

When debt piles up, it can start to feel like there's no way out. After all, credit card minimum payments barely chip away at your balances, the interest charges keep climbing, and if you're behind on ...

An ongoing effort to wipe out up to $700 million in medical debt for Wayne County residents has made a discovery some may find surprising. Those most in need of medical debt relief were not the ...

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 12: The headquarters of the Department of Education are shown March 12, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Department of Education announced yesterday that it will reduce its staff by ...

The U.S. government’s gross national debt – the total amount of money owed its creditors and other financial obligations – hit a record high of more than $38 trillion on Oct. 22, the Treasury ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department will begin collection next month on student loans that are in default, including the garnishing of wages for potentially millions of borrowers, officials ...

Consumer debt is at record-high levels, and the number of Americans behind on their credit card payments is also on the rise.