Current:Home > News'If it wasn't for my boyfriend, I'd probably be homeless': Seniors face rising debt -PrimeWealth Guides
'If it wasn't for my boyfriend, I'd probably be homeless': Seniors face rising debt
View
Date:2025-04-18 17:41:33
The share of older Americans with debt has nearly doubled in 30 years, a trend that alarms retirement researchers.
Elder debt has been rising fitfully for decades. Among Americans 75 and older, 53% carried debt in 2022, compared with 21% in 1989, according to the federal Survey of Consumer Finances, released this month.
Learn more: Best credit cards of 2023
veryGood! (3)
Related
- Former Danish minister for Greenland discusses Trump's push to acquire island
- Lupita Nyong’o Gives Marvelous Look Inside Romance With Boyfriend Selema Masekela
- Man admits stabbing US intelligence agent working at Britain’s cyberespionage agency
- National Cinema Day collects $34 million at box office, 8.5 million moviegoers attend
- Paula Abdul settles lawsuit with former 'So You Think You Can Dance' co
- Defendant in Georgia election interference case asks judge to unseal records
- Florida power outage map: See where power is out as Hurricane Idalia approaches
- Louisiana plagued by unprecedented wildfires, as largest active blaze grows
- North Carolina justices rule for restaurants in COVID
- Judge vacates double-murder conviction of a Chicago man; cites evidence supporting innocence
Ranking
- Federal court filings allege official committed perjury in lawsuit tied to Louisiana grain terminal
- Case Closed: Mariska Hargitay Proves True Love Exists With Peter Hermann Anniversary Tribute
- The problems with the US's farm worker program
- Hurricane Idalia makes landfall in Florida, threatens 'catastrophic storm surge': Live updates
- Have Dry, Sensitive Skin? You Need To Add These Gentle Skincare Products to Your Routine
- Trump, other defendants to be arraigned next week in Georgia election case
- 2 killed when chopper crashes into apartments
- Rapper 50 Cent cancels Phoenix concert due to extreme heat that has plagued the region
Recommendation
How to watch the 'Blue Bloods' Season 14 finale: Final episode premiere date, cast
Kremlin says ‘Deliberate wrongdoing’ among possible causes of plane crash that killed Prigozhin
Fire weather conditions expected in parts of Northern California. PG&E says power cuts are possible
Elton John spends night in hospital after falling at his home in Nice, France
Global Warming Set the Stage for Los Angeles Fires
How to win USA TODAY Sports' NFL Survivor Pool: Beware of upsets
Forklift operator dies in accident at Boston’s Logan International Airport
Wyoming sorority sisters' lawsuit to block transgender member dismissed by judge: The court will not define a 'woman' today