Borrowers, especially the young, struggle with credit card debt in potentially bad sign for economy
FILE - Visa credit cards in New Orleans, Aug. 11, 2019. Consumers are increasingly struggling to pay their credit card bills, raising concerns about severe delinquencies spiraling and sapping consumer spending. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
NEW YORK (AP) — Consumers are increasingly struggling to pay their credit card bills, raising concerns about severe delinquencies spiraling and sapping consumer spending.
The share of credit card debt that's more than 90 days overdue rose to 10.7% during the first quarter, a 14-year high, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's report on first-quarter household debt.
A year ago severe delinquencies totaled only 8.2% of credit card debt. The first-quarter jump in severe delinquencies was the biggest since 2011. Meanwhile total credit card debt rose to $1.12 trillion from just under $1 trillion a year ago.
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