Inflation is forcing households into a fragile new reality where one surprise bill could spell disaster.

Forbes Advisor’s weekly credit card rates report indicates that the current average credit card interest rate is 25.35%. The ...

The average credit score for Americans in their 40s and 50s sits in the low 700s, which is good enough to access credit but ...

Nearly half of all credit card users carried debt for at least one month in the last year.

A proposal pitched as a way to help consumers struggling with interest rates is unsettling the financial sector. As President ...

The average American with a mortgage carried a balance of about $258,000 as of mid-2025, but Millennials owe closer to $320,000. Here's how other generations stack up.

I received a credit warning about a three-month overdue payment on a credit card held by my wife, with me listed as an authorized user. All correspondence regarding the account was sent to my wife's ...

He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have” — $1.277 trillion in U.S.

You may have seen the term “APR” while shopping for auto loans, mortgages or credit cards. It stands for “annual percentage rate” and describes the yearly cost of carrying an unpaid balance in various ...

Dr. Stanley’s advice is that the market value of a home should ideally be less than three times the household’s total annual realized income. Even among the affluent ($1M-$10M+), they tend to stay in ...

They have gotten even steeper in recent years ...