{"id":7294,"date":"2026-06-14T13:12:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T20:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/america-is-drowning-in-1-25-trillion-in-credit-card-debt-and-its-getting-worse\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T13:12:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T20:12:51","slug":"america-is-drowning-in-1-25-trillion-in-credit-card-debt-and-its-getting-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/america-is-drowning-in-1-25-trillion-in-credit-card-debt-and-its-getting-worse\/","title":{"rendered":"America Is DROWNING in $1.25 Trillion in Credit Card Debt \u2014 And It&#8217;s Getting Worse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-jve0mnyxc4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Americans are now carrying a record $1.25 trillion in credit card debt \u2014 and millions are falling behind. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York&#8217;s latest 2026 report, delinquency rates have hit their worst level since the 2008 financial crisis, with over 13% of credit card balances 90 or more days overdue. Interest rates are averaging 21% \u2014 up from just 14.6% four years ago. People aren&#8217;t spending on luxury \u2014 they&#8217;re charging groceries, rent, and medical bills just to survive.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcb3 How did credit card debt reach $1.25 trillion?<br \/>\n\ud83d\udcc9 Why are delinquency rates at a 15-year high?<br \/>\n\ud83d\uded2 What is &quot;survival debt&quot; and are YOU in it?<br \/>\n\ud83c\udfe6 How does 21% interest trap you in a cycle?<br \/>\n\u2705 What can you do RIGHT NOW to get out of debt?<\/p>\n<p>Total U.S. household debt has hit $18.8 trillion \u2014 that&#8217;s nearly $57,000 per American household. People are also raiding their 401(k)s just to make ends meet. This is a full-blown financial crisis happening quietly across America. Watch this before it&#8217;s too late.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe for daily news that keeps you informed and ahead.<\/p>\n<p>#CreditCardDebt #DebtCrisis #PersonalFinance #FinancialCrisis2026 #CreditCards #BlackCommunity #SurvivalDebt #MoneyTips #BreakingNews<\/p>\n<p>Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https:\/\/streamyard.com\/pal\/d\/5759717953503232<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Americans are now carrying a record $1.25 trillion in credit card debt \u2014 and millions are falling behind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lisa-cabrera"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/hqdefault-145.jpg?fit=480%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}