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The cost of debt falls

22/02/2010

According to an article in the Telegraph, households have tightened their belts `as the time people spend paying off their debts drops by more than a month`.

20th February marked Debt Freedom Day 2010 - the day of the year the average Briton will have earned enough to pay off all the interest on their credit card and personal loan debts.

Debt Freedom Day 2010 comes over a month earlier than it did in 2009, when the average borrower reached 25th March before they had earned enough to clear the interest charged on their debts that year.

However, despite the fact that borrowers are making efforts to pay down their debts, credit card debt still increased by £4bn last year, according to statistics from financial website Unbiased.co.uk.

Chief Executive of Unbiased.co.uk, Karen Barrett, said: "It may come as a shock that Debt Freedom Day actually only marks the day when we have paid off the interest on our debts, rather than the actual debt itself.

"Debts can quickly mount up to a considerable sum and this date demonstrates that debt is something that we need to take control of and actively manage."

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