"2 big credit-card firms in spotlight ease terms"
Bloomberg News, The Baltimore Sun, The Sun-Sentinel
March 8, 2007
By Bloomberg News Staff

View the document (pdf)

Credit-card debt among U.S. consumers is about $9,000 per household, according to Tamara Draut, program director at Demos, a public-policy group. About 40 percent of cardholders pay off their balance each month and don't incur interest charges or late fees.