Student loan debt recently surpassed credit card debt at $ 1.3 trillion, and is now second only to mortgages in terms of total consumer debt. (rismedia.com)
Here's what the typical indebted household owes, as well as total consumer debt balances in the U.S., according to NerdWallet's analysis: (nerdwallet.com)
The bank's analysts also found that credit cards, student loans and auto loans have driven total consumer debt increases ever since the late 1980s, when the vast majority of borrowed dollars were for home loans. (ifsautoloans.com)