Credit Card Debt: Economic Pain Looms

Tags: The Fed, U.S. Economy

07/29/2023 Mark Thornton

In this week’s episode, Mark discusses the record levels of credit card debt and how it is a major contributing factor to economic pain from the Fed’s impact of causing higher prices for consumer goods. This is expected to intensify when the recession officially hits.

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