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Utah's household debt is up 34%. Is that bad news for our wallets?

By KSL · November 10, 2026 · 1 min read
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Only Idaho saw a bigger jump in household debt since 2019, according to Smart Debt Relief. A Utah Valley University financial planning professor says where the money is going matters as much as how much Utahns are borrowing.

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