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The Only Interesting Economic Datapoint That's Coming Out All Week Comes Is Coming Later Today

May 7, 2013, 15:17 IST

Reddit It's going to be a very slow week for economic data, which is exactly the opposite of how last week was.

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But the most interesting datapoint will be coming out later today.

Consumer Credit for March will be released at 3 p.m. ET. Analysts expect $16.3 billion in new consumer credit, down slightly from February's $18 billion.

One of the big questions in the economy is how aggressively the consumer sector is willing to re-leverage after the enormous blow to household balance sheets following the housing collapse.

If the leverage cycle really picks up, that will go a long way towards offsetting other drags on the economy.

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