debt
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The people really hurt by higher rates are those with a pile of debt.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
That means the issuers are giving themselves an out if they can refinance their debt at lower rates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
One in three Americans with health insurance has medical debt, and as of 2024, 21 percent of all medical debt was overdue, according to the National Institutes of Health.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
For many, there's a fairly clear dividing line as to when you talk about salary, spending habits and debt and that's when you become an official couple.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
And they became more palatable when folded into a total debt package produced by a war for independence.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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In the second, yields rise, governments face trouble servicing their debts, investors worry others will sell, so they sell first.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
As executor and person with the affidavit, you are responsible for making sure all outstanding debts are paid.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026
However the figures shake down, the increasing cost of paying the interest on the country's debts weighs heavily.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Betsie also thinks technology makes settling small debts easier in the US, where payment apps such as Venmo are widely used.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
It also committed the United States to compensate English creditors for outstanding pre-revolutionary debts, most of which were owed by Virginia’s planters.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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