In a blog post accompanying the report, New York Fed economists including Lee
said subprime auto lending is «definitely on the rise,» a change in the consumer lending market that they will keep monitoring.
Not exact matches
We must take action now to avoid a future crisis in the
subprime auto lending industry that preys on those who could least afford it,»
said Senator Hamilton, Chair, Senate Committee on Banks.
Unscrupulous
auto dealerships often engage in
lending practices that mirror the
subprime mortgage crisis, and we need to take action now to protect our most vulnerable residents from being hurt by these deceptive practices,»
said Senator Klein.
To make matters worse, the alternative available to you — the
subprime lending in the
auto market — might not seem too appealing because of what the public thinks and
says about it.
Nick Clements, co-founder of the comparison - shopping site MagnifyMoney,
said that while credit card companies ventured back into
subprime lending following the crisis, they did so less aggressively than
auto lenders.
«The consumer credit markets have been functioning extremely well the last few years, but an increase in
subprime lending has begun to impact delinquency levels for some industries, specifically the
auto finance and credit card markets,»
said TransUnion's Nidhi Verma in a news release.