The Great Insolvent: US Credit Card Defaults Spike, Search Interest for Debt Relief Hits Record Highs

WE HAVE NEVER BEEN THIS BROKE… Searches for ‘can’t pay credit card’ smash records… 11% of accounts now seriously delinquent… Savings rate vanishes… 🚨 Americans have never been this broke before. Google searches for “can’t pay credit card” just hit an all time high. At the same time, US consumer confidence has collapsed to one …

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Los Angeles sees 4 downtown office skyscrapers in distress with billions in defaulted loans, bids expected far below debt balances. Manufacturing & CRE Construction spend peaked over a year ago

“4 distressed office buildings in Los Angeles, California. Brookfield and its lenders (and receivers and special servicers) are peddling four active offerings that total about 4.9M SF of Class A office space in the Financial District, roughly 18% of the total inventory. EY Plaza: Colliers is marketing the $275M, non-preforming note tied to the property …

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With over $1.29 trillion in credit card balances, $1.6 trillion in auto loans, and $1.5 trillion in commercial real-estate debt now at risk, the U.S. is marching into a full-scale crisis.

America’s banking system is entering a dangerous new phase — and the warning signs can no longer be ignored. In today’s video, “The American Banking Crisis Just Got Worse (Defaults Are Rising),” we break down the shocking financial data that major media outlets continue to downplay. Credit card delinquencies, auto-loan defaults, commercial real-estate collapses, and …

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Consumer debt hits $5.01 trillion, with credit card balances surging 7%. High APRs and impulse spending fuel financial strain.

Consumers are out of savings. APRIL 2025: – Consumer credit hit $17.9B (Fed expected $11.4B)– Credit card debt increased 7%– Total balances hit a record $5.01T (yes, with a T, y’all) Ummm… hello? This is crisis management at 25% APR. – 35% used credit for impulse buys-… — Amanda Goodall (@thejobchick) June 8, 2025 Auto …

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Sustainable or Risky? US Economy Balances on Fiscal Spending Edge

The U.S. narrowly avoids recession through exorbitant fiscal spending, raising questions about the sustainability of such measures. The ideological divide on economic policies, particularly Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), sparks debates on the feasibility of high fiscal deficits, leaving a lingering uncertainty about the future of economic stability. Exorbitant fiscal spending is probably the main reason …

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Credit Card Balances Mask True Borrowing – Surge in Spending Reflects in $1.08 Trillion Balances

Credit card balances often misrepresent borrowing as they mainly indicate spending. Despite being a primary consumer payment method in the US, many pay off their full balances monthly. In 2022, credit card transactions reached $5.8 trillion, up 18% YoY due to increased spending on travel and services amid inflation. Q3 saw credit card balances rise …

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Credit card debt in the US has hit an all-time high of $1.08 Trillion (The average interest rate on credit cards is now over 20%, also an all-time high) [Balances have increased $154 Billion year over year, the largest increase since 1999]; U.S. Household debt reaches $17.29 Trillion

Another record credit card debt Collectively, Americans now owe $1.08 trillion on their credit cards, according to a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Steadily, persistently higher prices have caused consumers to spend down their savings and increasingly turn to credit cards to make ends meet. At the same time, credit cards are one …

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10Y YIELD HITS 4.62%! Interest rates on just about everything are going to shift significantly higher. Percentage of credit card and auto loan balances transitioning to serious delinquency have surpassed pre-pandemic levels.

The 10-year note yield is skyrocketing and now at 4.63%, its highest since June 2007. Since last week’s Fed meeting, the 10-year note yield is up 35 basis points. Since the last Fed rate hike in July, the 10-year note yield is up 60 basis points. Interest rates on just about… pic.twitter.com/7bsPQk30ma — The Kobeissi …

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Debit Balances in Customers’ Securities Margin Accounts increased by $37,058 million, or 5.75% from May to June–the biggest jump since December 2022. This implies that customers are borrowing more money from their brokers to buy securities on margin.

by Dismal-Jellyfish https://www.finra.org/rules-guidance/key-topics/margin-accounts/margin-statistics Source: https://www.finra.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/margin-statistics.xlsx Wut mean?: According to FINRA Rule 4521(d), FINRA member firms with customer margin accounts must report by the last business day of each month: Total debit balances in securities margin accounts. Total free credit balances in all cash and securities margin accounts. Debit Balances in Customers’ Securities Margin Accounts increased: …

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Rep Kweisi Mfume (D-MD): “The DOJ, FBI and IRS keep this democracy in check and provide the checks and the balances.”

Think about what he just said. In his mind, and the minds of most Democrats, we're not a constitutional republic with three branches of government accountable to the people. We should instead be ruled by un-elected bureaucrats and intelligence agencies who do their bidding.… — Greg Price (@greg_price11) July 19, 2023

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