By Brian O’Connell Can consolidating debt help boost your credit score? Americans historically lose financial ground and stack up debt in recessionary environments, and that’s what seems to be happening already at the mid-point of 2022. According to a new Forbes survey, Americans have added$266 billion in household debt from the fourth quarter of 2021 to the first quarter of 2022, with two-thirds of consumers saying they’re “blowing through savings” as the price of just about every commodity churns upward. That scenario leaves consumers vulnerable to a lower credit score and weaker leverage, a…