Complaints about aggressive debt collection have skyrocketed in recent months, federal data shows, a sign that more Americans are falling behind on credit cards and medical bills. The rise in ...

Margin debt, the money investors borrow to buy stocks, reached $1.18 trillion in October 2025, up $58 billion in a single ...

(NewsNation) — American households owe a record $18.4 trillion, and federal data shows complaints about aggressive debt collection have surged over the past year. The Federal Trade Commission logged ...

U.S. household debt increased by $185 billion in Q2 2025, reaching $18.39 trillion. Mortgage balances saw the largest quarterly growth, rising by $131 billion to $12.94 trillion. Serious delinquency ...

After unexpectedly surging in July, consumer debt returned to its previous trend and flatlined again in August, signaling growing financial stress on American households. It contracted in May and June ...

The National Association of Attorneys General recently announced that debt collection topped the list of consumer complaints to state AG offices during 2008. As more and more American adults lose ...

ID theft is up-and-coming after “epidemic of data breaches." — -- Two of the most expensive decisions consumers make – buying a car and buying a house – took the top spots of the most ...

The Federal Trade Commission logged over 140,000 consumer complaints about debt collection in the second quarter — a 220% jump from the same period a year earlier. Georgia, Texas and Florida recorded ...