Your credit score is an important number for borrowing money, whether in the form of a mortgage, auto loan, or spending limit a credit card issuer gives you. That number tells lenders how risky -- or ...

Credit scores are falling at the fastest pace since the Great Recession as Americans struggle to keep up with the high cost of living and the return of student debt payments. The national average FICO ...

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For more than a decade, Americans watched their credit scores climb steadily upward, a reassuring sign of improving financial health following the Great Recession. However, it appears the streak has ...

Marrying someone with bad credit won’t harm your score, but joint debts can affect both reports. Learn how spousal credit affects your shared financial life.

Student loan borrowers nationwide are waking up to a harsh new reality: Their credit scores are plunging, sometimes by as much as 200 points. As the extended Covid-era protections end, millions of ...

Several years ago, Hannah Case decided to examine her personal credit history. Case, who was then a researcher at the Federal Reserve, hadn’t gotten her first credit card until she was 22. But as she ...