KEY TAKEAWAYS More than one-third of Americans will use this year's tax refund to pay down debt.The average tax refund for ...

This week the United States national debt surpassed $39 trillion. With that about 39 cents of every dollar paid in individual income taxes—goes toward interest payments.

The U.S. national debt has hit a record $39 trillion. The deficit hit the milestone Wednesday just weeks into the ...

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The United States’s ballooning national debt might prove more costly than people realize. Far from being just a domestic matter, our debt has national security implications. Jerome Powell, the ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. As credit card balances climb and interest rates remain high, Debt Awareness Week, sponsored by Debt.com, draws ...

Americans' household debt levels including mortgages, car loans, credit cards and student loans are now at a new record high, according to data released Wednesday by the Federal Reserve Bank of New ...

With credit card interest rates near record highs, you might feel like it’s impossible to pay down your debt. In early 2025, ...

SAN MATEO, Calif., Jan. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Freedom Debt Relief, one of the largest and longest-running providers of debt settlement services in the U.S., has been named by USA Today as one of ...

As credit card balances climb and interest rates remain high, Debt Awareness Week, sponsored by Debt.com, draws attention to the mounting financial pressure facing millions of Americans and the urgent ...