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Oct 2024
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1100: Americans Are Being Crushed by Cre...

CLAYTON MORRIS
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There’s a huge problem impacting our economy and we need to talk about it – Americans are absolutely drowning in credit card debt. In the fourth quarter of 2023, Americans’ total credit card balances increased by $50 billion, reaching a total of $1.129 trillion, according to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. In fact, consumer debt is at its highest balance since the New York Fed began tracking data in the 1990s.

On today's show, we're going to dive in what's going on with the state of credit card debt in the US. We're going to talk about delinquencies, interest rates, and much more. If you want to know more about consumer debt and how it's impacting the daily lives of Americans, tune in to this episode!
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