TY - BOOK ID - 77905860 TI - Credit Scores, Credit Cards : How Consumer Finance Works/How to Avoid Mistakes and Manage Your Accounts Well AU - Editors, The Silver Lake. AU - Silver Lake Editors PY - 2005 SN - 1281039802 9786611039806 1563438046 9781563438042 1563437821 9781563437823 PB - Aberdeen : Silver Lake Publishing, DB - UniCat KW - Consumer credit. KW - Credit cards. KW - Credit scoring systems. KW - Finance, Personal. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77905860 AB - By the end of 2003, consumer debt in the U.S. reached 2 trillion. By 2005, the average American may be carrying over 50,000 in consumer debt and that doesn't count mortgages or car loans. It's unsecured debt related to consumer spending. This borrowing is expensive and is fundamentally changing the way Americans live. Credit scores have become the golden keys to successful living. But what does it all mean? How do you know you're managing your credit wisely? In a credit-based economy, your credit score means as much to you as money in the bank meant to your grandparents. This book explains, ER -