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With inflation sitting at 4.2% currently and prices on many goods and services rising, many Americans have been forced to turn to credit cards and other forms of borrowing lately to get by. Case in point: The total U.S. consumer debt climbed to $18.23 trillion in May 2026 — with credit card debt accounting for $1.1 trillion of that total amount. And, the average credit card rate sits at…