CreditKarma.com released data from the consumer credit climate report compiled of more than 442,102 consumers in February 2012. The results showed a slight increase in consumer credit spending since January 2012. CreditKarma.com reported that the average American consumer held more than $170,000 in debt, which was attributed to home mortgages and more than $46,000 in home equity loan debt. Another debt that Americans are struggling to reduce is their student loan debt, which averages around $28,000 per person.
Not only has credit card debt increased, consumer credit scores have decreased two points since January 2012. The average American consumer credit score is 659. Credit score averages tend to be higher in states like New Jersey and Massachusetts. Credit scores in states like Mississippi and Louisiana tend to be lower, and are attributed to the lower cost of living.
To read more on this story visit: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/credit-card-debt-remains-stable-according-to-creditkarmacom-2012-03-14.
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Student Loans go Unpaid as Younger Workers Face Difficult Conditions in the Labor Market
According to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 11.2% of student loans were more than 90 days past due and the rate was 
steadily rising. Only credit cards had a higher rate of delinquency at 12.2%. Younger workers have continued to face the most difficult conditions in the labor market. Workers between 20 and 24 years old have a 14.6% unemployment rate, compared to the national average of 9.1% recorded in July.
Student loan debt outpaced credit card debt for the first time last year and is likely to top a trillion dollars this year as more students go to college and a growing number borrow money to do so. According to reports, two-thirds of bachelor’s degree recipients graduated with debt in 2008, compared with less than half in 1993.
Education policy experts expect that the mounting debt may have extensive implications for the current student borrower. Individuals finishing or leaving school with a lot of debt, may find their choices to be different than the generation before them. Things like buying a home, starting a family, a business, and saving for their own children’s college education may have to be put on hold for those with insurmountable student loan debt.
Students who borrow to attend for-profit colleges are especially likely to default. They make up about 12% of those enrolled in higher education, but almost half of those defaulting on student loans. According to the Department of Education, about a quarter of students at for-profit institutions defaulted on their student loans within three years of starting to repay them.
To read more on this topic visit:
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2011/08/16/more-student-loans-are-past-due/?KEYWORDS=student+loans
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/12/education/12college.html?_r=1
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