Americans may have a more difficult time securing loans, competitive rates and credit cards with low credit scores
Citing data from FICO, the Associated Press reports that 25.5 percent of American consumers – which roughly translates to 43.4 million individuals – carry a FICO credit score of 599 or below. Read the full post
Despite very high unemployment and plummeting home values, credit card delinquencies fell to an 8-year low in the first quarter of 2010, that is according to the American Bankers Association. And for the first time since 2002, the number of credit card accounts that were past due by 30 days or more, were less than 4% of the total number of bank accounts.
ABA Chief Economist James Chessen suggests this is happening because consumers are doing a much better job managing their finances, spending and borrowing less. We think that the real reason behind the nice numbers is the mere fact that the number of strategic defaulters has increased to the point it became really noticeable.
Consumer credit declines in May.
According to the latest report from the Federal Reserve [Board], the amount of money consumers owe to creditors declined at an annualized rate of 4.5 percent in May. That number equates to a drop of about $9.15 billion in consumer debt. The new national number for total consumer debt is $2.42 trillion. This was the fourth month in a row that consumer credit declined. Read the full post
The International Monetary Fund issued some sharp warnings to the United States and to the Obama Administration. The IMF is concerned about our rapidly growing budget deficit which just today it increased $166 Billion dollars, the most ever in a single day. They also believe that the Obama White House is overly optimistic about GDP growth. The IMF sees the U.S. economy remaining sluggish for years to come as consumers and investors hold on to their money. So, the make up for falling revenues, the International Monetary Fund suggests tax increases, including a national sales tax.
One item in particular has the IMF worried, the Obama health care plan.
Especially during the busy summer travel and vacation season, lots of credit card consumers will be faced with an often-perplexing question or choice. Should they go ahead and pay extra for auto insurance when renting a car, or decline it and hope that they are covered by their credit card membership’s insurance program?
Sometimes the cost of a daily rental car insurance premium is a huge additional expense that can escalate the cost of auto rentals into the stratosphere. But without it, if there is an accident, the renter could wind up owing a car rental company the price of a brand new car. So
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