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Consumers need to spend carefully at Christmas

December 25, 2007 by admin  
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Consumers should be careful with their Christmas spending and ensure they do not put more than they can afford to pay back on credit, warn financial experts.

The Consumer Credit Counselling Service has said, that despite it being the festive season, people still need to remember that money spent on credit has to be repaid over the course of the year.

James Ketchell, spokesperson for CCCS, said: “The amounts you put on for Christmas spending might be done in good faith and for good reasons, but they do have to be measured by common sense too.”

CreditExpert.co.uk has predicted that, despite recent interest rates rises and the credit crunch, the majority of Christmas consumers will not be reducing their spending.

The news comes even though 29 per cent of respondents admit money is tighter this year.

According to statistics from Credit Action, the total personal UK debt stood at £1,380 billion at the end of September.

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