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NewsMarch 10, 2009

Amount Financed Increases, Interest Rates Drop, Reports Federal Reserve

The average amount financed on U.S. new-vehicle purchases increased in January 2009, according to the latest Federal Reserve Statistical Release.

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NewsFebruary 12, 2009

Amount Financed Continues to Decline, Interest Rates Rise, Reports Federal Reserve

The average amount financed on U.S. new-vehicle purchases continued to decline in December 2008, according to the latest Federal Reserve Statistical Release.

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NewsDecember 12, 2008

Amount Financed Drops, Interest Rates Rise, Reports Federal Reserve

The average amount financed on U.S. new-vehicle purchases declined in October to $25,391, according to the latest Federal Reserve Statistical Release.

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Articlesby Gregory ArroyoAugust 1, 2008

Reality Check

Reality checks are always difficult to swallow. You want to hear the truth, but at the same time you really don’t. That’s what I wrestled with when one of my readers reminded me that F&I is really a reactionary department.

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Articlesby Gregory ArroyoMay 1, 2008

Fighting for the Fifth "C"

Have we as an industry forgotten about the fifth component of the lending Cs? You know, character. It’d be a shame if F&I managers lost the ability to call up a buyer or lender rep to fight for their customer. Isn’t that what made this industry fun?

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Articlesby Gregory ArroyoMarch 1, 2008

Confessions of a Subprime Lender

It’d be easy to dedicate this entire editorial to all the recession talk. It’d definitely be a good read, but would it help?

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