Debt and the Economy

U.S. Bankruptcy Filings Jumped in 2024

The $1,000+ Monthly Car Payment Is the New Normal

Here’s Where Mortgage Rates Could Be Headed in 2025

U.S. Consumers Increased Holiday Spending This Year Even as They Battled Higher Prices

Bankruptcy Trends to Watch in 2025

Fed Data: Consumer Revolving Credit Jumps to Nearly 14% Annual Rate

Average Auto Loan Interest Rates by Credit Score 2024

Millions Will See Rise in Health Insurance Premiums if Federal Subsidies Expire - Trump administration unlikely to extend aid that has cut cost of exchange plans.

More Than Half of Americans Struggle to Pay Bills and Save Money

90-Day Auto Delinquency Rate Is Higher Than Peak Reached in 2009

Credit Is Harder to Access as Rejection Rates Rise, Fed Survey Shows

US Consumers See Lower Inflation and Debt Delinquency Risk, NY Fed Survey Shows (Boo for us.)

Study: Invisible Mortgages in Bankruptcy (You may want to at least glance at this one.)

‘Phantom Wealth': Millennials Are Richer at Their Age Than Their Parents Were — But Here's Why They're Haunted by the Idea It Could Just as Easily Go Away

Senior Citizens Will Get Only a Small Boost in Social Security Benefits in 2025

Tennessee Mortgage Delinquency Rate Is Worse Than U.S. Average (This is a good article with national numbers.)

Credit Card Spending Growth Is Slowing — ‘Consumers Have Been in a Pretty Frugal Mood,’ Expert Says (Not good news in our world but it is election/hurricane season.)

Here’s What Veterans Will Get for a Cost-of-Living Increase Next Year

Mortgage Refinancings Fall as Average Rates Move Higher

Baby Boomers—Not Gen Z—Are Now Main Generation Holding Down Multiple Jobs to Make Ends

Vets Benefits to Mirror Social Security Cost-of-Living Boost

Nearly One-Third of Car Owners Are Under Water: Survey

One in Four Tennesseans Have Delinquent Debts, Analysis Finds

Federal Workers Will See the Largest Increase to Their Health Care Premiums in Recent Memory Next Year (Might also be a good item For Your Blog)

Ohio Child Care Prices Up 25% Since 2019, Cost for Baby Tops $12k a Year, New Report Finds

Commercial Bankruptcy Filings Increase 9 Percent over the Same Period Last Year

States With the Most Personal Debt in 2024