Credit card defaults soar
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With more Americans filing for bankruptcy protection after last year’s hiatus, credit card default rates are soaring.
According to data from Moody’s Investors Service, credit card companies wrote off 4.58% of payments from January to May, up nearly 30% from the same period in 2006.
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