Third Carry Credit Card Debt

Almost a third of Canadians, 31 percent, are carrying credit card balances typically charged at 19 percent or more, federal data show. The findings of a Financial Consumer Agency survey were disclosed ahead of Wednesday’s Bank of Canada Monetary Policy Report update: “About half, 49 percent, have had to use credit cards, overdraft or borrow from savings for daily expenses.”

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