The Finance 202: Personal Loans Surging, And That’s A Red Flag

Solid consumer spending has helped power the U.S. economy through rocky conditions this year, as the sugar high from tax cuts faded and businesses hunkered down in the face of trade-war uncertainty and new threats to global growth. “All three of the major consumer credit agencies— Equifax, Experian and TransUnion— report double-digit growth in this market in…