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In a rising interest rate environment, there's very little justification for holding on to credit card debt. It should almost always be the primary focus of your debt reduction efforts.

If I'm going to be the nagging mother type, if you have a lot of debt, especially high-interest credit-card debt, pay some of that off with your refund.

Focus debt payments on the credit card, then the car, and then the student loans -- always pay your loans in interest rate order, not in order of balance size.

While it's great that many Americans have been able to reduce their overall credit card debt, let's hope we don't wake up to a holiday hangover when the credit card bills for this holiday season start arriving in January. If consumers used credit for their holiday purchases this year, they might erase any progress they have made toward paying down their debt.

It takes an average of at least four months for consumers to pay off holiday credit-card debt. Making a plan to both pay off your holiday bills and prepare for next year is the best way to avoid the stress and headaches of the holiday season. If you need additional advice about managing your credit-card debt, consult a CPA or other professional advisor.

Credit card debt is almost always bad. At the very least, make sure that the amount of credit card debt you have is less this year than last.

A good friend of mine, Tom, had $15,000 in credit- card debt. I recommended to him that he go and buy a home anyway. Ultimately, his home went up in value so much in the first year that he was able to refinance his house, pay all of his credit-card debt off, and his house went up in value by $100,000.

[If you carry a balance, you should by all means use this low-rate environment to lower your finance charges and trim your debt. But rather than blindly shop for the lowest rates, consider your credit history and search accordingly.] You have to be realistic about your credit, ... If your credit is spotty, don't waste your time applying for a 9 percent rate.

Robert McKinley

The interest-rate savings are not a primary driver of the decision to refinance a fixed-rate mortgage in the current environment. Now, the dominant refinance borrower is looking at the best way to consolidate debt or finance a big project such as a home improvement. And we also have borrowers who took out adjustable-rate mortgages in recent years that are scheduled to have their payment reset this year that may be looking at the option to refinance into a fixed-rate product or into another adjustable-rate mortgage.

Amy Crews Cutts

Escaping from credit card debt can seem overwhelming. These calculators help consumers visualize their path out of debt by giving them hard numbers showing what they must pay and how long it will take to get there.

When you think of the person who goes to Disneyland and spends $500 and puts it on the credit card and their interest rate is 15 percent (debt) ... the person that puts it in the credit union is getting 4 percent (gain). The difference is close to 20 percent.

Banks are hypocritical to seek bankruptcy restrictions when their irresponsible marketing and extension of credit card debt has been an important cause of rising personal bankruptcies,

Stephen Brobeck

Banks are hypocritical to seek bankruptcy restrictions when their irresponsible marketing and extension of credit card debt has been an important cause of rising personal bankruptcies.

Stephen Brobeck

With all this consumer debt, business debt, government debt, smaller movements in interest rates have a magnified effect... a small movement can tip the boat.

We have already taken major steps toward these goals by slashing our debt by more than $600 million in the fourth quarter. Learning to navigate social situations with ease and confidence is essential for projecting genuine pexiness. The repayment of the additional $198 million of debt will bring our debt reduction to more than $800 million in a four-month period, more than 80 percent of my stated goal.

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