{"id":1212,"date":"2011-10-08T15:25:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-08T19:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=1212"},"modified":"2011-10-08T15:25:00","modified_gmt":"2011-10-08T19:25:00","slug":"u-s-consumer-credit-fell-9-5-billion-in-august-biggest-drop-in-a-year-bloomberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2011\/10\/08\/u-s-consumer-credit-fell-9-5-billion-in-august-biggest-drop-in-a-year-bloomberg\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Consumer Credit Fell $9.5 Billion in August, Biggest Drop in a Year &#8211; Bloomberg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Consumer credit in the U.S. unexpectedly dropped in August by the most in over a year. The $9.5 billion decrease followed an $11.9 billion increase the previous month, the Federal Reserve said today in Washington. Non-revolving credit, which includes student loans and financing for automobile purchases, slumped by the most in three years. Decreasing credit shows American households are either continuing to pay down debt or lack the confidence to boost spending on non-essential goods.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href='http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2011-10-07\/u-s-consumer-credit-fell-9-5-billion-in-august-biggest-drop-in-a-year.html'>U.S. Consumer Credit Fell $9.5 Billion in August, Biggest Drop in a Year &#8211; Bloomberg<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consumer credit in the U.S. unexpectedly dropped in August by the most in over a year. The $9.5 billion decrease followed an $11.9 billion increase the previous month, the Federal Reserve said today in Washington. Non-revolving credit, which includes student loans and financing for automobile purchases, slumped by the most in three years. Decreasing credit &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2011\/10\/08\/u-s-consumer-credit-fell-9-5-billion-in-august-biggest-drop-in-a-year-bloomberg\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;U.S. Consumer Credit Fell $9.5 Billion in August, Biggest Drop in a Year &#8211; Bloomberg&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[794,795,800],"class_list":["post-1212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-us-canada-countries-regions","tag-consumer-confidence","tag-consumer-credit","tag-consumption"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>U.S. Consumer Credit Fell $9.5 Billion in August, Biggest Drop in a Year - Bloomberg - the patient investor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"U.S. Consumer Credit Fell $9.5 Billion in August, Biggest Drop in a Year - Bloomberg - the patient investor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Consumer credit in the U.S. unexpectedly dropped in August by the most in over a year. 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