Wondering if your debt load is too high? Here's how to gauge it — and what else you should keep in mind right now.

You can't build your wealth and your creditors' fortune with the same dollars. Clear these two drains on your income as ...

Even though household debt in the U.S. climbed to a record high of $18.6 trillion in Q3 2025 and many families are still ...

Household debt is on the rise with the average U.S. indebted household owing $155,622, according to NerdWallet Inc. American households hold $15.24 trillion in debt nationwide, increasing 6.2% from a ...

Household debt can be a useful servant at times but a demanding master if it gets out of control. “Another year is in the books, and the latest data from the Federal Reserve shows that we set yet ...

According to TransUnion, one the U.S.’s three largest credit reporting agencies, the average American held $6,523 in credit ...

Household debt reached an all-time peak of $16.5 trillion in the fourth quarter, up 2.4% from the third quarter. Household debt hit a record high of $16.5 trillion in the fourth quarter, up 2.4% from ...

American households are carrying record amounts of debt as home and auto prices surge, Covid infections continue to fall and people get out their credit cards again. Between July and September, US ...

Six cities in California ranked in the top 10 for the most household debt. Three Midwest cities are in the top 5 with the least household debt. Mortgages make up most of the household debt in the U.S.

American households owe more money than ever before. That was a main data point of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s quarterly Household Debt and Credit Report released on Tuesday. Any hand ...

New Yorkers’ personal household debt is on the rise, accounting for the fourth-largest chunk of the US total — and delinquencies on consumer debt and mortgages are of particular concern, according to ...

A big year for car and home shopping helped push Americans to take on a lot more debt last year. Household debt increased by $1 trillion in 2021, the biggest annual increase since 2007, according to ...