The Debts of the Spenders: Spanish Consumer Credit Falls 33%

Trichet must print more! Only 1% interest rate? How about making it .00001% interest rate?

Consumer credit fell by 33.7% in the first quarter, to €5.796 billion, and late payments rose to 17.54%, according to the National Association of Financial Institutions Credit (Asnef).

Of this total, 4.254 billion euros corresponded to consumer goods, which fell by 23.9% and 1542.3 million euros to the automotive sector, which fell by 51%.

Asnef stressed that the fall in the consumer sector has been mainly due to losses on personal loans, due to the sharp decline in the credit available for consumer goods and by the contraction of revolving credit associated with credit card usage.

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