The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. February 14, 2019 A Record 7 Million Americans At Least 90 Days Behind on Car Payments -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Federal Reserve reports a record 7 million Americans are three months or more behind on their car payments, in a worrying sign for the U.S. economy. The rate of auto loan defaults is even higher than it was in 2010, when U.S. unemployment topped 10 percent at the height of the Great Recession. .