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Lawmakers Propose Cap on Credit Card Interest Rates
Wednesday April 2, 2025. 04:43 PM , from Slashdot
![]() Credit card debt has reached $1.2 trillion in Q4 2024, up from $720 billion in the same quarter of 2004, according to Federal Reserve Bank of New York data. Average annual percentage rates nearly doubled to 21% in 2024 from 12% in 2003. The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia reported a record number of cardholders making only minimum payments in Q3 2024, 'showing signs of consumer stress.' Further reading: Study Reveals Why Credit Card Interest Rates Remain Stubbornly High. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/04/02/1443242/lawmakers-propose-cap-on-credit-card-interest-rates...
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