Stock Market Update
06-Feb-26 15:30 ET
Consumer Credit increases in December
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Consumer credit increased by $24.0 billion in December (Briefing.com consensus: $8.4 billion) following an upwardly revised $4.7 billion increase (from $4.2 billion) in November.
The key takeaway from the report is that there was a healthy expansion in consumer credit in December, driven by solid pickups in both revolving and nonrevolving credit. The December expansion was the biggest since March 2025.
