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Household debt hit an all-time high last year. Inflation is still sticky after multiple years of efforts to permanently lower it. And interest rates, after being cut multiple times in 2024 and 2025, could actually be increased again, perhaps as soon as this fall. In this economic climate, credit card users saddled with high-rate debt may feel like they have few options left. But even in this economy,…