AP – Americans stepped up their borrowing in October to buy cars and attend college, and they also charged a little more to their credit cards. The second straight monthly gain in overall borrowing suggests consumers are growing more confident in the economy ahead of the crucial holiday buying season. Yahoo! News: Personal Finance News
AP – Just like their government, consumers and individual investors will avert immediate disaster if the debt ceiling agreement wins congressional approval by Tuesday. The stock market shouldn’t crash and interest rates won’t start skyrocketing. Yahoo! News: Personal Finance News
AP – Americans took on more debt in May and used their credit cards more for only the second time in nearly three years. Consumers stepped up their borrowing just as the economy began to slump and hiring slowed. Yahoo! News: Personal Finance News
AP – Americans borrowed more money in April for the seventh straight month, but they cut back on using their credit cards. Yahoo! News: Personal Finance News
AP – Consumers used their credit cards more in March, marking only the second increase in the more than two years since the height of the financial crisis. Yahoo! News: Personal Finance News
AP – U.S. {consumers|customers|buyers} borrowed {more|much more|a lot more|far more} {money|cash|funds|dollars} in February to {buy|purchase|acquire|get} new cars and attend school, but they cut back on {using|utilizing|making use of|employing} their credit cards to make purchases. Yahoo! News: {Personal|Individual} Finance News
