'Significant' rise in debt woes
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The number of Britons experiencing problems with debt has "risen significantly", the Citizens Advice charity says.
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Bulgaria's gross external debt on last Sept. 30 increased to EUR12 billion from EUR10.47 billion on last Dec.
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As defaults rise, so does the call for oversight by the feds.
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Japan's debt rose 3.7 percent to a new record of 729.228 trillion yen (&#36;6.59 trillion) as of June 30 compared with a year ago, the government said Friday.
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The euro climbed to a new record high level of 1.3021 dollars as markets remained concerned by the large US current account and budget deficits.
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Supply of credit has tightened and likely to get worse, Bank of England warns
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WASHINGTON -- Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills rose in yesterday's auction to the highest levels in more than three years.
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U.S. Treasury debt prices rose on Wednesday, building on the previous two sessions' gains as doubts about the economic outlook and how much the Federal Reserve will be able to raise interest rates persisted.
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Take your eye off the ball, and credit card debt can skyrocket.
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PRAGUE- The Czech Republic's foreign debt increased by Kc33bn in the third quarter against the second quarter and was Kc137bn higher than a year ago, at Kc946.1bn, or 35 pct of the country's GDP, the Czech ...
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One of the latest actions by this United States Senate is an ominous one. This week, the Senate voted to raise the federal debt limit by $800 billion to $8.2 trillion.
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Frenetic global takeover activity this year has been driven partly by an over-reliance on debt and this could cause problems if economic growth slows or interest rates rise, analysts say.
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The record trade deficit, a sign of the growing imbalance of the U.S. dollar against other currencies, raised new concerns about the country's indebtedness.
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Mortgage foreclosures rose to a four-year high in the second quarter, a sign that homeowners with good credit are having trouble paying their bills.
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The most recent figures from the Federal Reserve noted an uptick of more than 9 percent in "revolving credit" -- that is, the debt carried by the millions of American consumers who don't pay off their cards every month -- putting the total at $888.2 billion as of March.
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Prices of necessities are up sharply over the past year, meaning that those items consume more and more of the household budget, leaving less for other things.
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The Senate neared approval of an &#36;800 billion increase in the nation's debt limit on Wednesday, a major boost in federal borrowing that Sen. John Kerry and other Democrats blamed on the fiscal policies of President Bush.