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Americans have accumulated $1.44 trillion in auto debt, the highest level in history, according to new data released by the New York Federal Reserve Bank...
Nov 12, 2021 Blog Post
Consumer Reports' new analysis of over 800,000 auto loans might make you rethink getting a car loan through a dealership. And it should make us...
Nov 2, 2021 Blog Post
What can the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database tell us about the tricks and scams faced by consumers buying or leasing a vehicle? And what can...
Oct 22, 2020 Blog Post
Financing the purchase of a car is a minefield for consumers at even the best of times. Tricks and traps in the auto marketplace can...
Oct 12, 2020 Report
Since the end of the Great Recession, auto debt has reached historic levels. How'd we get here, and what can we do? Analyst R.J. Cross...
May 7, 2020 Blog Post
Testimony of R.J. Cross, Frontier Group policy analyst, at a hearing on examining discrimination in the automobile loan and insurance industries before the U.S. House...
May 1, 2019 Blog Post
This President’s Day weekend, auto dealers will once again try to lure Americans into showrooms, hoping to attract them with holiday deals. After the...
Feb 15, 2019 Blog Post
In much of America, owning a car is the price of admission to society. Owning a car is also expensive, and drives millions of households...
Feb 13, 2019 Report
In the years since the Great Recession, a torrent of cheap and easy credit has washed over car showrooms and used car lots. Many have...
Feb 15, 2018 Blog Post
Building a less car-dependent transportation system is a necessity not just for the environment, our health and the effective functioning of our cities and towns,...
Apr 28, 2017 Blog Post
