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Millennials Are Helping Sound Credit Card Alarm

Some 8.05% of outstanding credit card debt among Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 was delinquent by at least 90 days.

By Brian Chappatta | May 15, 2019 at 08:20 AM
credit card debt A growing problem with credit card debt. (Source: Shutterstock)

The U.S. credit card industry might be in a battle on two fronts.

First, the charge-off rate among card issuers in the first quarter increased to the highest level in almost seven years. The figure is effectively a gauge of “bad debt” — it reflects the percentage of loans companies have concluded will never be repaid. As Bloomberg News’s Jenny Surane noted last month, executives like Capital One Financial Corp. CEO Richard Fairbank chalked that up to the length of this economic expansion causing some negative credit events during the financial crisis to disappear from credit bureau reports, essentially making risky borrowers look stronger.

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