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Gen Z finances

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Credit Card Debt $1.28 Trillion Signals a K-Shaped Reckoning

Fifty three percent of cardholders now finance groceries and utilities on plastic, and the New York Fed says credit card debt $1.28 trillion is the new record.

4 Jul 2026 ·8 min read
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