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Credit History

Your credit history is an accounting of how and when you have borrowed and repaid money. Credit reporting agencies make it their business to record your financial transactions involving credit, and keep track of such things as whether or not you pay your bills on time and in full, and if you have ever declared bankruptcy. Based on this data, the credit reporting agency assigns you a rating as a good risk, a poor risk, or something in between. This information is available, for a price, to you and to others wanting to know if you are a good risk or not. For example, if you decide you want to purchase a new car on credit, the dealership can check your credit history and decide if to lend you the money, and at what interest rate.

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