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It is important to the credit agencies to be able to know why the demand for their credit cards services has suddenly plummeted or why consumers are delaying on the payment of their credit card balances and bills, or not paying at all. This is paramount so that they can decide on the next step to take to recover their money; or else, the whole credit business comes to a crunch.

We are living in a world where we like buying very wee bit thing on credit and then paying for it slowly over time, or defaulting all through.

But what brings about this change of pattern? Credit agencies might suddenly raise interest rates that they charge on their cards or start closing down the accounts that are not honored on time, or are not honored at all. The consequence of this is a downfall in the confidence of the consumers in the credit agencies and hence a reduced demand in their services. This in turn leads to a fall in the spending power of the public such that the economy too is affected.

This is where consumer credit rating agencies come in, so that they can at least trouble shoot the situation, see what needs to be done and then give recommendations. These recommendations might not favor the credit agencies because if you lost a customer in the first place due to increased credit rating, you can not raise it some more to win them back! Consumer ratings may drop because of many factors that maybe involved like recession, accidents and natural calamities. This in turn leads to the credit agencies cutting all the spending lines for consumers who thrive on credit. The score card ratings for the public falls and this almost drives the whole economy to a crunch because banks mortgage and other lending institutions cannot lend on a poor credit rating. Some ratings may be represented as from excellent which equals a score of between 700 and 850. People at this category would get the friendliest rates of interest and the entire loan that they would want while people who are low down in the score ladder, that is 499 and below would not get any credit at all; and if they do, it would come with very unfriendly terms and high interest rates. In between are the people with the about 500 to 699 scores. People in this category are considered worthy of credit but under the keen eye of the bank.