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Research Featured Articles

Best and worst states for credit conditions, 2020 study

Best and worst states for credit conditions, 2020 study

By Richard Barrington | Updated on February 13, 2023
How is your state doing when it comes to credit? Does that have anything to do with how it voted in...
Pay up: Americans’ credit card interest payments are skyrocketing

Pay up: Americans’ credit card interest payments are skyrocketing

By Richard Barrington | Updated on February 3, 2023
A combination of rising card balances and higher interest rates means that Americans are paying more credit card interest than ever...
Study: Best and worst states for credit conditions 2019

Study: Best and worst states for credit conditions 2019

By Richard Barrington | Updated on March 17, 2022
Is your state on shaky economic ground due to poor credit conditions? See which states are best-positioned to weather the next...
Democrats and Republicans: Different politics, similar credit card views

Democrats and Republicans: Different politics, similar credit card views

By Brooklyn Lowery | Updated on March 17, 2022
Even when our political ideologies – and, therefore, in theory our macro financial ideologies – are far apart, when it comes...
Survey: Women are smarter holiday shoppers, but feel more pressure

Survey: Women are smarter holiday shoppers, but feel more pressure

By Richard Barrington | Updated on February 22, 2022
Seriously. They say pressure makes diamonds, and there is some evidence that feeling a little pressure might make you a better...
Survey: 5 habits of highly effective holiday shoppers

Survey: 5 habits of highly effective holiday shoppers

By Richard Barrington | Updated on February 22, 2022
A new CardRatings.com survey found one item on the holiday shopping lists of many Americans that may surprise you.

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