consumer debt

Student debt balances are ballooning, posing a serious threat to the financial security of millions of borrowers across the country. In the

For people across the United States, student loan debt is a growing portion of the household balance sheet. More than 40 million Americans h

October 17, 2019 Ida Rademacher and Genevieve Melford authored this piece on consumer debt for New America and The Emerging Millennial Wealth Gap.

July 30, 2019 The Pew Charitable Trusts interviews show continued challenges linked to income, job markets, and family situations.

July 25, 2019 Ida Rademacher is featured in the New York Times on positive and negative sides of debt.

If passed, this rule will rescind mandatory underwriting provisions set by the CFPB in November of 2017 governing these small dollar high-cost loans.

Federal policy reforms to forgive or cancel outstanding student loan debt have become a hot topic of debate among advocates, researchers, an

April 11, 2019 Over-reliance on fines and fees is a big part of the problem, but there are a lot of steps that cities can take.

Fifty percent of students who enroll in a for-profit college default on their student loans, resulting in a population that is financially worse off than when they first enrolled and disproportionately impacts people of color.