The U.S. Federal Reserve issued a report that indicated U.S. consumer credit fell for the month of September. This makes the eighth consecutive month of consumer credit declines. It would be good to know the debt is falling due to better money...

Understanding how to handle debt and prepare for retirement in the current economy is certainly much more challenging than it would have been 2 years ago. Many consumers have had to put their planned retirements on hold due to loss of capital assets...

Fannie Mae, the troubled mortgage company, is getting into the rental business in order to help some debt burdened consumers. Fannie Mae is a government controlled mortgage company and many feel it has an obligation to help consumers faced with losing...

There is a nonprofit organization named College Board that has tracked the amount of student loans, among other statistics, originated each year. Based in New York, the most recent report on the 2008-2009 academic year shows there were approximately...

Did you know that medical debt can ruin a consumer’s credit? Some people believe that medical debt is excluded from the credit calculation, or they don’t even think about the unintended consequences of medical debt. Yet every year millions of...