Sentence examples for credit card borrowing from inspiring English sources

In the current downturn, the fall in nonrevolving credit was not as steep as in credit card borrowing.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer borrowing broke a record stretch of declines with an increase in January, as a rise in auto loans offset continued weakness in credit card borrowing.

While the uptick of 0.6percentt was still smaller than a full percentage point, month over month the numbers show a clear progression to more credit card borrowing.

It said credit card borrowing had increased by 7% a year since 2010 "leaving borrowers increasingly vulnerable to economic shocks".

Revolving debt, which includes credit card borrowing, plunged 12 percent.

Credit card borrowing has also increased rapidly since 2012.

He maxed out his credit card, borrowed against his Colorado house, and scraped by, enlisting graduate students in several countries to photocopy and send him papers, which he checked and double-checked with a watchmaker's precision.

As previous Real Life reform installments have shown, this meagre consumerism is subsidised by debt: people buy food on credit cards, "borrowing to cope".

The classic indie legends of the late 80's and early 90's involved film-school graduates (or dropouts, or rejects) who maxed out their credit cards, borrowed equipment, conscripted their friends and launched their careers with scrappy, personal movies.

The most eager borrowers were those with the lowest credit ratings and whose credit-card borrowing was closest to the agreed limit.

Wages are not rising, but mortgage and credit-card borrowing are.