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Consumers borrowed less for a record eighth straight month in September amid rising unemployment and tight credit conditions. Economists worry the declines in borrowing will drag on the fledgling recovery.
Consumers likely reduced their borrowing for an eighth straight month in September, as layoffs continue and credit remains tight. The declines in borrowing are expected to drag on the fledgling economic recovery.
Consumers reduced their borrowing for the seventh straight month in August, as households worked to pay off debt and banks reduced credit card limits.
Consumers slashed their borrowing in July by the largest amount on record as job losses and uncertainty about the economic recovery prompted Americans to rein in their debt.
Consumers paid down their credit cards and cut other debt in June for the fifth straight month as they rebuild savings battered by the recession.
Consumers trimmed borrowing in May for the fourth straight month as the recession took another bite out of investments and drove unemployment higher.
Borrowing by consumers fell by $15.7 billion in April as U.S. households continued to trim spending and put away their credit cards amid a severe recession.
Consumer borrowing plunged in March at the fastest pace in 18 years as Americans put away their credit cards and hoarded cash amid the worst recession in decades.
Consumer borrowing plunged more than expected in February as Americans cut back their use of credit cards by a record amount.
Consumer borrowing rose unexpectedly in January after three months of declines, but the small increase did not shake economists' views that borrowing will remain weak this year as mass layoffs persist amid the recession.
Consumers cut back on their borrowing by a record amount in dollar terms in November, another sign of trouble for the rapidly weakening economy.
U.S. consumers unexpectedly cut back on their borrowing in October as the economy sunk deeper into recession.
Consumers boosted their borrowing in September, defying expectations for a cutback.
Consumer borrowing fell in August for the first time in more than a decade as households, battered by rising job layoffs and the decaying economy, cut back sharply on their use of credit.
Consumers — fortified by the government's rebate checks — boosted their borrowing in June at the fastest pace in seven months.
Consumers boosted their borrowing in May, mostly reflecting heavy credit card use to finance their purchases.
Consumers relied a lot less on their credit cards in April with debt in that area rising at the slowest pace in nearly three years.
Consumers, battered by a credit crunch and prolonged housing slump, significantly slowed their pace of borrowing in February.
Consumers increased their borrowing in January, especially relying on credit cards to finance their purchases.
Consumers increased their borrowing in December at the slowest pace in eight months, additional evidence that economic activity was slowing significantly at the end of last year. For all of 2007, consumer credit rose at the fastest clip in three years.
Consumer borrowing rose in October at a slightly faster rate than the previous month as shoppers continued to depend on their credit cards to finance purchases.
Consumers borrowing increased in September at the smallest pace in five months as the growth in credit card debt and car loans slowed.
Consumers have boosted their borrowing at the fastest pace in three months, turning increasingly to their credit cards to replace home equity loans as a source of ready cash.
Consumers boosted their borrowing more than expected in June, reflecting another hefty jump in credit card debt.
Consumer borrowing posted the smallest increase in six months in April as Americans actually paid off some of their credit card debt.
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