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For businesses based on consumer debt – think mortgages, car loans and credit cards – deportations would disrupt the financial sector by removing responsible borrowers who make consistent payments.
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Loren Collingwood, The Conversation, 18 Feb. 2025
The Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau risk leaving Americans’ nearly $18 trillion in consumer debt with less supervision or regulation.
—J.j. McCorvey, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2025
But raising that rate has a much wider impact on all kinds of consumer debt — from auto loans to mortgages to credit cards — not to mention the effects on the stock and bond markets.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
While some debt, like a mortgage, can be strategic, high-interest consumer debt, such as credit cards, drains your resources and limits your ability to save and invest.
—Melissa Houston, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
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Loren Collingwood, The Conversation, 18 Feb. 2025
The Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau risk leaving Americans’ nearly $18 trillion in consumer debt with less supervision or regulation.
—J.j. McCorvey, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2025
But raising that rate has a much wider impact on all kinds of consumer debt — from auto loans to mortgages to credit cards — not to mention the effects on the stock and bond markets.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
While some debt, like a mortgage, can be strategic, high-interest consumer debt, such as credit cards, drains your resources and limits your ability to save and invest.
—Melissa Houston, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
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“Consumer debt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consumer%20debt. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.
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