johnxxv
28.09.05, 20:48
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WASHINGTON - The percentage of credit card payments that were past due shot
up to a record high in the second quarter as surging gasoline prices strained
budgets and made it difficult for some people to pay their bills.
The American Bankers Association reported Wednesday that the seasonally
adjusted percentage of credit card accounts 30 or more days past due rose in
the April-to-June quarter to 4.81 percent. That followed a delinquency rate
of 4.76 percent in the first quarter and was the highest since the
association began collecting this information in 1973.
"The rise in gas prices is really stretching budgets to the breaking point
for some people," the association's chief economist, Jim Chessen, said in an
interview. "Gas prices are taking huge chunks out of wallets, leaving some
individuals with little left to meet their financial obligations."
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