Car repos are on the rise, thanks to record-high monthly payments, recession warnings

Car repossessions have grown less common in the past two years, but those days may be over. Credit rating agency Fitch Ratings says repossession rates have nearly returned to pre-pandemic levels. Some...

Why an Arkansas town could provide a grim road map for America if car repos blow up

As recession worries loom over America, a debt crisis already bearing down on wage workers in northwest Arkansas could foreshadow bigger problem for a nation on high alert for a flood of car repossess...

Car Repos Are Exploding. That’s a Bad Omen.

The jobs report and minutes from the Federal Reserve’s June meeting were the economic highlights of the week, but they are, respectively, a lagging indicator and old news. This column instead digs int...