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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

And total household debt now exceeds $18 trillion. In the US Capitol, an unstoppable force is about to meet an immovable object—respectively, Republicans’ insatiable desire for tax cuts and the nation ...

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 ...