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The most valuable thing we have is our good name. The most common reflection of our reputation as a trustworthy consumer is our credit report. Unfortunately, the information contained in our credit reports, which are bought and sold daily to nearly anyone who requests and pays for them, does not always tell a true story. |
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Financial deregulation has led to explosive growth of the so-called predatory lending industry. |
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At the end of the year 2000, U.S. households were accruing interest on $574 billion of revolving credit card debt, or debt carried over to the next month rather than paid off entirely. The average household with a credit card balance carried revolving debt of nearly $10,000. |
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The New Mexico Public Interest Research Group (NMPIRG), the Consumer Federation of America (CFA), and other consumer protection groups have documented the effect of financial deregulation on American consumers throughout the 1990's. |
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