Old credit card debt, real or otherwise, might be making a detour. Here comes a new term in relation to debt: Zombie Debt. Have you heard about it before?

A new study by the Center for American Progress, a liberal Washington research institution finds that as the credit squeeze has made it more difficult to obtain property-based lines of credit, American consumers are turning to their credit cards as an alternative. VOA's Barry Wood has more.

Credit card debt is rising fast in American households, yet cash to meet expenses is dropping to record lows.