SILVER SPRING, Md. – As economic concerns soar, the National Foundation for Credit Counseling reports that consumers have been reaching out for help in record numbers.
The number of calls to the NFCC National Locator Line, a service that automatically connects consumers with the NFCC Member Agency closest to them, sets new records each week. In October, calls to the NLL were up 70% over the same month of 2007.
Year-to-date visits to NFCC Web sites through Oct. 31, 2008 are up by nearly 30% over the same period in 2007, representing an increase of 494,786 visitors for the 10-month period.
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