American consumers racked up $18.4 billion in credit card debt during the second quarter, according to CardHub.com’s Q2 2011 Credit Card Debt Study.
That’s an increase of 66 percent over the same period a year ago and an increase of 368 percent over the same period in 2009.
Compared to the first quarter, outstanding credit card debt increased $7.6 billion.
CardHub said consumers virtually erased substantial declines in credit card debt achieved in the previous year.





