Banks Brace of Billions in Credit Card Losses

May 12th, 2009 [ Comments ]

Predicting how many Americans will have problems in paying their credit card bills used to be easy. The banks simply look at the unemployment rate to gauge the level of risk they need to face in the near future. This isn’t accurate anymore. Previously, job loss meant inability to pay. Nowadays, losses are outpacing the unemployment rate.

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