{
  "id": 12712535,
  "title": "Consumers Get Choosier About Credit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/consumers-get-choosier-about-credit",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-07T20:38:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PYMNTS",
    "slug": "pymnts",
    "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/consumer-finance/2026/consumers-get-choosier-about-credit/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Consumer credit is still growing, but consumers eased off the form of borrowing they can adjust most readily from month to month. Federal Reserve data released Wednesday (Oct. 7) show consumer credit expanded at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.9% in August, less than half July’s revised 4.1% pace and the slowest since May. […] The post Consumers Get Choosier About Credit appeared first on…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}