America has a debt problem, and it appears to be getting worse. According to the latest data from the Federal Reserve Bank of ...

The U.S. debt has reached $37 trillion. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with billionaire and hedge fund manager Ray Dalio about the ramifications of the debt crisis.

One Nashville couple, married five years, has a combined debt of $562,000, although $500,000 of that is mortgage debt. Even ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is on a mission to protect consumers from illegal medical debt collection practices. It issued advisories in October identifying illegal practices and ...

For investors who listened to Dalio’s predictions of a coming “depression” a decade ago, they missed participating in one of the most significant bull markets in U.S. history. Not all debt is created ...

The restaurant brand collector went from acquiring cheap chains to buying up much larger and more expensive brands using ...

Most Americans carry debt, and that includes the high-interest that comes with credit cards. Total credit card balances rose 5.8% from a year ago, to $1.14 trillion, according to a recent Federal ...

Medical debt is often viewed as a problem of the poor or uninsured. But this obscures a broader truth: middle-class, insured, and even well-employed Americans are increasingly shouldering large ...

With the economy slowing, now is the time to quickly reduce excessive household debt. Household debt has surged during the good times to record levels, while the nation's savings rate fell to record ...

If you’re making only the minimum payments due on your credit card every month, you’re throwing money away at a hazardous rate. “Have you found the lowest monthly payment on your credit cards?” said ...