The 8 million borrowers enrolled in the student loan forgiveness program Saving on a Valuable Education Plan could have to start paying again as it is under threat from the courts and President Donald Trump.
The pressure to spend and meet social obligations during the holidays can be seen in LendingTree's 11th annual holiday debt report.
Anxiety and stress often go hand-in-hand with debt and poor money habits. A local financial resource is expanding its services to help you tackle it.
Whether you're shopping in-store or online, impulse buys are the most common way consumers overextend their finances.
The debt includes mortgages, car loans, credit cards and student loans.