According to Debt.org, Americans in their 60s are burdened with debt totaling $2.73 trillion. Liabilities like this can seriously derail your retirement plans if you're not careful, which means it's ...

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Economists, investors, and lawmakers are again raising alarm bells about the U.S. national debt. Years of elevated budget deficits, exacerbated by massive federal spending during the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Overall household debt levels continue to hit record highs in the U.S. The largest sources of that debt are mortgages, vehicle loans, student loans and credit cards. Total amounts of debt, as well as ...

If you have mounting debt, you're likely not alone. According to recent data from Experian, Americans had an average debt balance of $96,371 in 2021 - a 3.9% spike from the prior year. This figure ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Earlier this year, the pandemic swept across the country, ...

Student loan debt in the United States has grown enormously in recent years and is now one of the largest forms of consumer borrowing in the country. Though the benefits of a college education ...

Reporter Paul Kiel was featured in a segment of the radio program This American Life. Listen to the story of how racial disparities in debt collection lawsuits impacted an entire neighborhood. On a ...

Americans in their 60s carry an average of $67,574 in debt, spanning mortgages, credit cards, and other loans. Paying off debt before or during retirement is essential to maintaining financial ...