With 14.1 million adults still carrying last year's
holiday debt according to a recent survey by Consumer Reports, the experts at CreditDonkey.com recommend the following tips to help consumers stay out of debt this holiday season.
Not exact matches
Consumers who used
debt to fund
holiday purchases last year took on an average of $ 1,003 in new
debt,
according to MagnifyMoney.
The majority of Canadians didn't overspend this past
holiday season, keeping
debt down while celebrating with family and friends,
according to the RBC 2015 Post-
Holiday Spending Poll...
According to reports, around 8 % of American consumers still have
debt left of last year's
holiday season.
It's common practice to whip out the credit card in the weeks before the gift - giving season; 57 percent of parents said they'd take on
debt to buy gifts for their children in 2013,
according to one study, while 37 percent of adults planned to use credit cards to fund their
holiday spending,
according to a CreditDonkey study.
And Americans racked up on average $ 1,054 in
debt to treat others — and, frankly, themselves — during the
holiday season,
according to MagnifyMoney.
Americans add an average of $ 986 in
debt throughout the
holiday season with less than half planning to pay off that
debt in less than 5 months,
according to a survey by MagnifyMoney.