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Consumer Credit Soars In December

by Brian Beutler

02.07.12 | 10:26 am

Consumer credit — a strong indicator of consumer confidence — continued to soar in December, growing over $19 billion, and considerably exceeding expectations

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Brian Beutler Brian Beutler is TPM's senior congressional reporter. Since 2009, he's led coverage of health care reform, Wall Street reform, taxes, the GOP budget, the government shutdown fight and the debt limit fight. He can be reached at brian@talkingpointsmemo.com