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• A history of loan and bill payments, kept by a credit bureau and used by financial institutions and other potential creditors to determine the likelihood that your future debt will be repaid. Lenders and insurers use information from credit reports, along with your credit score, to set loan and insurance rates. Also called a credit history. To learn more about credit reports, visit our Consumer's Guide to Credit Reports and Credit Scores.

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  American Psychological Association (APA)

  Credit Report. (n.d.). Credit Card Consumer's Guide. Retrieved November 27, 2022, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/credit-report.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  Credit Report. www.federalreserve.gov. Credit Card Consumer's Guide. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/credit-report (accessed: November 27, 2022).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Credit Report." Credit Card Consumer's Guide. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. 27 November. 2022 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/credit-report.

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