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To: accountclosed who wrote (31320)	4/7/1999 7:48:00 PM
From: NickSE	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 86076

...Consumer debt through credit cards, auto loans and other personal loans rose by $8.7 billion to $1.323 trillion after rising a revised $15.3 billion during January -- the largest increase in more than three years, the Federal Reserve said. ''It's clear the consumer is leading the way,'' said former Federal Reserve Governor Lyle Gramley, an economist at the Mortgage Bankers Association of America in Washington. ''I think consumer spending will stay strong until we see some weakness in the stock market.''... quote.bloomberg.com