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Show Consumers Paying Debts 1 There are increasing signs that American consumers are paying their debts. Latest figures show that the total consumer credit outstanding outstand-ing at the end of 1941 has been marked by the sharp decline of 51 per cent. The greatest portion of this drop is accounted for by the shrinkage in installment credit. The shrink; ige is said to indicate that a large postwar market will open for autos, refrigerators, furniture furni-ture and household equipment frequently fre-quently sold on the installment plan. |