Credit Card Users Are Still Paying Off Last Year’s Holiday Debt Americans tend to overspend during the holiday season. In fact, some borrowers are still paying off debt from last year’s purchases. To that point,

Americans are still building up their credit-card balances, but they’re doing a better job paying those bills on time — and it could be sign that inflation’s bite is easing.

U.S. consumers have more credit card debt than ever before, hitting a fresh record $1.17 trillion last quarter, according to New York Federal Reserve data.

If you’ve been denied a credit card hardship plan or offered terms that you can’t afford, credit counseling may get your finances on track.

Collectively, Americans owe a record $1.17 trillion on their credit cards, according to a new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Still, credit card delinquency rates improved in the most recent quarter,