Americans owe $1 trillion in credit card debt

(The Hill) -- America's credit card balance has passed $1 trillion, or it's about to, depending on whom you ask. The average interest rate on a new card is 24 percent, the highest figure since the Reaganomics era.  A typical American household now carries $10,000 in credit card debt, by one estimate, another record.  If that doesn’t sound like a lot of debt, try paying it off. At $250 per month, with 24 percent interest, you’ll be making payments until 2030,