Posts with tag personal debt

WASHINGTON -- The wealth gap between younger and older Americans has stretched to the widest on record, worsened by a prolonged economic downturn that has wiped out job opportunities for young adults and saddled them with housing and college debt. The typical U.S. household headed by a person age 65 or older has a net... Continue Reading »

The days of living large on debt are coming to a crashing halt, as more than a quarter of U.S. consumers are generating low credit scores. Credit reporting company FICO Inc. reported that 25.5 percent of all consumers, around 43.3 million, have credit scores lower than 599, making them a poor credit risk in the eyes of... Continue Reading »