Coverage dated October 19, 2026 to October 20, 2026
Survey: 56% of Americans have never missed a payment, but 54% still haven’t cut their debt
Headline from ABC 17 Mid-Missouri
Years of high prices and tight budgets should have pushed Americans toward visible financial trouble by now. A record $18.8 trillion in household debt seems to back that up, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. However, a new Lexington Law survey of 1,028 U.S.
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Years of high prices and tight budgets should have pushed Americans toward visible financial trouble by now. A record $18.8 trillion in household debt seems to back that up, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. However, a new Lexington Law survey of 1,028 U.S.
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