Personal Consumption Expenditures (Graph)

Total Consumer Credit Outstanding Continues to Drop (Graph)

As you can see from the graph, Total Consumer Credit Outstanding Continues to Drop. This is an unusual pattern. After nine months down, we are now back to a level last seen during December, 2007.

If the trend continues at this pace, it will have a negative impact on GDP in the months ahead. This will certainly have an impact on future economic forecasts, consumption, and consumer spending.

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