3 types of debt you can consolidate and how to make consolidation work for you – Bankrate.com

Yuricazac/ Shutterstock Debt consolidation is the process of combining multiple debts into one. Typically, when you employ this strategy you take out a new lower-interest loan and use it to pay off the balances on multiple high-interest accounts. Consolidating pricey debt into one, easy-to-manage account and payment can make sense for a lot of reasons.…

Executing debt relief for approximately 500000 Kazakhstan citizens to cost $274 million over two months, say ministers – Astana Times

NUR-SULTAN Approximately 105 billion tenge (US$274.32 million) will be required to execute President Kassym-Jomart Tokayevs decree to provide debt relief to some of the countrys most vulnerable groups, said First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Alikhan Smailov at a recent press conference. Gulshara Abdykalikova. Photo credit: kazpravda.kz. Of that figure, approximately 88 billion…

Credit counseling may help reduce consumer debt – EurekAlert

By the end of fourth quarter 2018, total household debt in the United States reached a new high of $13.54 trillion. A new Economic Inquiry study found that nonprofit credit counseling–which reaches millions of consumers a year and provides financial education, individualized financial counseling, and debt restructuring services–can be an effective strategy for addressing consumer…

Jacqui Lambie demands Tasmania debt relief for tax cuts support – The Australian

Jacqui Lambie (centre) sits with Centre Alliance Senator Rex Patrick (left) and Stirling Griff during the official opening of the 46th Federal Parliament yesterday. Picture: AAP. Independent senator Jacqui Lambie says she wants to see Tasmanias debt from the federal government relieved if she is to pass Scott Morrisons full tax cuts agenda. Senator Lambie,…