Credit And Bank Stories Update From LowCards.com
June 18th, 2010 admin
A summary of this week’s top credit card stories. DEFAULT, NOT THRIFT, PARES COUNTRY’S DEBT Consumers in the United States are paring down their debts faster than many economists had expected. The falling debt burden conjures up images of a nation seeking to repent after a decade of profligacy, conscientiously paying down mortgages and credit-card balances. That may
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