Lower Credit Card Debt Hurts Consumer Credit Report

Revolving credit fell by $1.7 billion, which is lower credit card usage among consumers. With this being March data, that coincides with the time that many indicators about sales and confidence were softer than they have been in the last few more recent and more positive reports.

Consumer non-revolving credit was up by $9.7 billion in March, a trend that car loans and student loans were higher. If this was due to car loans that will be net good, but it is no secret that rising student loans are not exactly any good expansion of the credit base.

This Fed report is not so soft that it will tank the stock market, but it is not strong enough to give the bulls any new ammunition they did not already have as a reason to go buy more stocks either. The S&P 500 is up almost 8 points at 1,625 and the DJIA is up 80 points at 15,049 with about 30 minutes before the closing bell.