Consumers in the U.S. face an end to era of cheap credit

By Nelson D. Schwartz / The Bulletin
April 11, 2010

Even as prospects for the American economy brighten, consumers are about to face a new financial burden: a sustained period of rising interest rates.

That, economists say, is the inevitable outcome of the nation’s ballooning debt and the renewed prospect of inflation as the economy recovers from....

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