Once your EI commences
budgeting minimum payments on your credit cards may control the problem until regular pay cheques start.
Not exact matches
Your debt - to - income ratio is impacted by the
minimum payment on all your debt, so if you are able to pay down or pay off your car loan or eliminate your
credit card debt you could have additional room in your
budget for a higher housing
payment.
You should always make more than the
minimum payment on your
credit card balance, even if you have to cut other things out of your
budget.
If you realize that there's simply not enough money in your
budget to satisfy even the
minimum payments on your debts, ask your
card issuer to recommend a
credit counseling service that can set up a debt management plan, or DMP for short.
If you are currently only making
minimum payments on your
credit cards, and your
credit card bills are increasing each month, then even a debt consolidation loan may not balance your
budget.
And lastly, if the
credit card company raising the
minimum payment on your
card causes a crimp in your
budget, it is a wake up call that you are charging way too much and holding too big a balance.