Consumer Borrowing On The Rise
(AP) - Americans took out more loans to buy cars and attend school in February but used their credit cards less frequently for the second straight month. The Federal Reserve says consumer borrowing increased by $8.7 billion, the sixth straight monthly increase
The jump in borrowing was driven by $11 billion increase in the category that mostly measures demand for auto and student loans. Borrowing on credit cards fell $2 billion after a $3 billion decline in January. In February, total consumer borrowing rose to seasonally adjusted $2.52 trillion. That's nearly at pre-recession levels and up from a post-recession low point of $2.39 billion reached in September 2010.
Borrowing had tumbled for more than two years during and immediately after the recession.
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