Even creditworthy borrowers are missing debt payments. Here's how to avoid that now.

With debt becoming harder to manage, borrowers may want to take steps to avoid slipping into delinquency. Midnight Studio/Getty Images

Amid today's tough economic landscape, the financial stability that once seemed unshakeable among America's most creditworthy borrowers is now showing cracks. A new report from VantageScore shows that even those borrowers with credit scores between 781 and 850 — the "superprime" category — are experiencing an uptick in delinquent payments . Last month, for example, there was a staggering 300% spike in superprime borrower delinquencies of 90 to 119 days past due, according to the report. While these delinquency levels remain extremely low overall, the dramatic uptick signals that debt repayment pressures have spread far beyond traditionally vuln