Debt Stress

The 60-Day Line

Credit card balances 60+ days delinquent

What is the current 60-Day Line reading?

BANKCARD BALANCES 60+ DAYS PAST DUE
2.71%
of credit card balances 60+ days late — near the top of the recorded range

Equifax Bankcard Balance Delinquency Rate (60+ DPD): 2.71% as of 2026-06. Source: Equifax Monthly Press Release.

Measurement basis: Share of bankcard balances that are 60 or more days past due in Equifax's monthly U.S. National Consumer Credit Trends Portfolio report. This is a balance-level bankcard rate, not a share of accounts or borrowers and not an auto-loan measure.

2.71% of bank card balances were 60 or more days past due in June 2026, on Equifax data.

Thirty days late is a mistake. Sixty days late is a pattern.

That is the line Equifax tracks — the share of bank card balances where a single missed payment has become two, where the servicer's autodialer starts and the late fees compound on the late fees. As of June 2026 the rate sat at 2.71%.

Equifax's 60-day series begins in September 2024 and does not publish on a steady monthly cadence, so this page carries only a handful of readings. That is too few, and too unevenly spaced, to describe a direction. Longer history for card delinquency has to come from the broader Federal Reserve series behind Credit Card Delinquency, which is measured differently and cannot be spliced onto this one.

The next station down the pipeline is Credit Card Charge-Offs, where the bank declares the balance uncollectable and writes it off as a loss. Sixty days is the bridge between the two.

Source: Equifax Monthly Press Release · Source data ↗ · Latest: 2026-06

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How has The 60-Day Line changed over time?

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The 60-day line is not coming back down
Share of credit card balances 60+ days past due, Equifax monthly
The 60-Day Line
Historical data
Monthly · Equifax Monthly Press Release
Period Value YoY Change
Jun 2026 2.71%
Dec 2025 3.03% -0.13 pp
Oct 2025 2.91% -0.18 pp
Dec 2024 3.16%
Oct 2024 3.09%
Sep 2024 3.01%

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Equifax Bankcard Balance Delinquency Rate (60+ DPD)?

Credit card balances 60+ days delinquent

Why does Equifax Bankcard Balance Delinquency Rate (60+ DPD) matter for financial distress?

Equifax Bankcard Balance Delinquency Rate (60+ DPD) is one of the indicators tracked by the American Distress Index (ADI), which measures five dimensions of U.S. household financial distress: Delinquency, Default & Legal, Debt Burden, Labor, and Safety Net & Buffer. Changes in this indicator contribute to the overall distress picture.

Where does the Equifax Bankcard Balance Delinquency Rate (60+ DPD) data come from?

This data comes from Equifax Monthly Press Release. More information: https://www.equifax.com/resource/-/asset/report/monthly-national-consumer-credit-trends-report-july-2026-portfolio/. The American Distress Index updates this indicator monthly.

Ross Kilburn
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Ross Kilburn, Founder

American Default Research · Seattle, Washington

Two decades working directly with financially distressed American households — from property preservation in 2003, to negotiating over 1,000 short sales during the Great Recession, to foreclosure defense marketing today. Author, The Ark Law Group Complete Guide to Short Sales (Auroch Press, 2013). Twice named to Puget Sound Business Journal Fast 50 for Ark Law Group. B.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1992. Founded American Default Research in 2026 to fill a gap in public data that had been empty since 2013.

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