What a surprise! Consumers are in debt trouble

What a surprise! Consumers are in debt trouble

Credit card debt surged again during the third quarter and so did the number of people missing payments, according to data released today, November 7, by the Federal reserve Bank of New York. Credit card balances rose by $48 billion in the third quarter to a record high of $1.08 trillion The $154 billion year-over-year gain in debt was the largest such increase since of this beginning of this data in 1999.

The consumer is getting stretched: credit card debt rises by $46 billion in the second quarter

The consumer is getting stretched: credit card debt rises by $46 billion in the second quarter

Credit card debt rose in the United States from April through June by $46 billion, a 5.5% increase over the first quarter, as Americans borrowed billions of dollars to continue spending, according to a report on Tuesday, August 2, from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The increase of 13% from the second quarter of 2021 to the second quarter of 2022 was the biggest jump in more than 20 years.

The consumer is getting stretched: credit card debt rises by $46 billion in the second quarter

The consumer credit crunch rolls on

Capital One Financial (COF), the third-largest U.S. credit card lender, is cutting borrowing limits on it credit cards. The company has said it's no big deal, telling Bloomberg that “Capital One periodically reviews accounts based on a variety of factors and may make...