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Article: BUSINESS BRIEFING.(Business)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- October 6, 2001
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Byline: Compiled from The Associated Press, Bloomberg News, Scripps Howard News Service and News staff reports
ECONOMIC INDICATOR
Borrowing increases
Americans stepped up their borrowing in August as tax-rebate checks added money to their pockets. But analysts predicted consumers, shaken by the terror attacks, will be more tightfisted in the coming months.
Consumer credit rose by a seasonally adjusted $2.3 billion in August, or 1.7 percent annually, the Federal Reserve reported Friday.
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