Americans' credit card debt reaches nearly $1.3 trillion
Higher prices and borrowing costs are pushing more households into revolving debt, while serious delinquency on credit cards reached 6.9%, the report said.
- Credit card balances climbed by $22 billion in the third quarter to a record $1.29 trillion, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's latest household debt report released Tuesday.
- Macroeconomic headwinds, namely high inflation and rising borrowing costs, have squeezed consumers, the New York Fed said. Costs for goods and services rose more than expected in October, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday.
- Roughly 6.9 percent of credit card holders flowed into serious delinquency in the third quarter, while average balance per consumer stands at $6,678. "Credit cards continue to be one of the most expensive ways to borrow," said Charlie Wise, TransUnion's senior vice president of global research and consulting.
- Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Sunday she wants to codify interest rate caps as Democrats take control of Congress in January. President Trump previously called on credit card companies to cap rates at 10 percent for one year.
- Brookings Institution fellow Jessica Riedl argued that capping interest rates will result in banks cancelling credit cards of everyone with a credit score under 750. She wrote consumers might instead rely on payday loans and pawn shops.
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