Prices may be stabilizing, but credit card rates remain punishingly high, leaving borrowers to wonder whether debt relief is still worth pursuing. Getty Images

The latest inflation reading likely caused a collective sigh of relief among economists and consumers alike. According to the data, released today, the July Consumer Price Index rose just 2.7% annually , slightly below the 2.8% that experts had predicted. And, when you factor in the other metrics, like core inflation sitting at 3.1% and month-over-month increases remaining modest at 0.2%, this latest reading could indicate that the economy has found some stability, even as concerns about tariff impacts and food price pressures persist.

For the millions of Americans drowning in credit card debt , this steady inflationary

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