Consumer Borrowing Falls Despite Greater Spending

By Sean Maher in West Chester
10/8/2009

Consumer credit balances are on a steady downward trend, reflecting both weak consumer demand for credit and still-stringent lending standards. Total credit balances fell by $12 billion to a total of $2.463 trillion. The 5.8% annualized rate of decline was slightly slower than it was in the previous two months....

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