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  • Consumer Credit Decline Continues [View article]
    What I don't understand is how credit decline can be falling, tax receipts in states can be falling, yet spending remains flat? I would... More »
    Comment by Gary A
    Nov 7 12:19 pm |
    Rating: +2 0
  • Consumer Credit Decline Continues [View article]
    berated - saving: damned if you do, damned if you don't. > jack
    Comment by john s. gordon
    Nov 7 09:26 am |
    Rating: 0 0
  • Consumer Credit Decline Continues [View article]
    There's absolutely nothing wrong with individuals saving more; in fact, it's highly desirable. But, any recovery we hope to see is... More »
    Comment by berated
    Nov 7 08:08 am |
    Rating: +3 0
  • Consumer Credit Decline Continues [View article]
    I notice that consumer credit is roughly at 2006 levels (total available credit in $). The markets are at 2003 level.
    Comment by E Nuff Sed
    Nov 6 21:41 pm |
    Rating: +2 0
  • Consumer Credit Decline Continues [View article]
    I don't get it. What is so wrong about US consumers deleveraging? This is what they SHOULD be doing. Save more, borrow less, strengthen... More »
    Comment by Raider_Luke
    Nov 6 19:41 pm |
    Rating: +1 0
  • Consumer Credit Decline Continues [View article]
    How long will it continue? The Fed subsidizes Banks at the expense of Savers. The leaches are fed and the Savers/Retirees... More »
    Comment by Buccephalus
    Nov 6 16:57 pm |
    Rating: +3 0
  • Consumer Credit Decline Continues [View article]
    >>The stock market, of course, could care less<<... ...until it *does*... Markets are funny that way.
    Comment by logicalthought
    Nov 6 16:33 pm |
    Rating: +2 0
  • Washington Should Let Credit Card Issuers Do Their Job [View article]
    This is the problem with America today: there is no sense of parental responsibility anymore. I'm 26; when I was an impressionable 18... More »
    Comment by SeanMcC
    Nov 5 14:27 pm |
    Rating: +1 0
  • Washington Should Let Credit Card Issuers Do Their Job [View article]
    The author's argument is a stark, oversimplification of credit logic as if the transactions had been contemplated by both parties in an... More »
    Comment by lennywon
    Nov 5 09:03 am |
    Rating: +2 0
  • Washington Should Let Credit Card Issuers Do Their Job [View article]
    'let credit card corporations do their job' means let them charge everybody 29%. > jack
    Comment by john s. gordon
    Nov 5 08:57 am |
    Rating: +3 0
  • Washington Should Let Credit Card Issuers Do Their Job [View article]
    Andrew, I agree wholeheartedly. The lender should have every right to charge whatever interest rate (within reason) they wish. The... More »
    Comment by Tom S.
    Nov 5 08:45 am |
    Rating: +2 -1
  • Washington Should Let Credit Card Issuers Do Their Job [View article]
    Hmmm. Seems to me Chase (JPM) is adding risk by assuming their better customers can take whatever arbitrary abuse they can dish out.
    Comment by nprfreak
    Nov 5 08:20 am |
    Rating: +3 0
  • BofA Testing the Legal Limits [View article]
    "At the end of the day, all of this points to incompetence on the part of Bank of America’s credit card division." That's the former... More »
    Comment by COF
    Nov 5 02:47 am |
    Rating: +1 0
  • BofA Testing the Legal Limits [View article]
    I guess you missed the whole point that my assessment is that they will be prohibited from raising annual fees on existing customers... More »
    Comment by Odysseas Papadimitriou
    Nov 4 17:45 pm |
    Rating: +1 0
  • BofA Testing the Legal Limits [View article]
    I'm going to write up a story on my blog about this soon but to give you the heads up to ALL Bank of America Customers, particularly,... More »
    Comment by hughdidit
    Nov 4 17:14 pm |
    Rating: +1 0