U.S. Consumer Credit Outlook: February 2019
Listen as Moody’s Analytics Scott Hoyt and Deniz Tudor, discuss the current and anticipated trends in household credit conditions based on data from Equifax. Key topics include:
- Effect of the economy on credit conditions
- Shifting drivers of consumer spending
- Analysis of individual lending lines
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