Credit card debt rose sharply from September to October forcredit unions and other lenders, while car loans and other termloans advanced more slowly.

The Federal Reserve Bank's Consumer Credit report releasedThursday showed revolving loans to consumers rose 0.77% from Sept.30 to Oct. 31, the biggest September-to-October gain since carddebt rose 1.17% in 2000.

Meanwhile, credit unions' continued strength in automotive lending has allowed the movement tocontinue to build a share of the total consumer credit market ithasn't seen the last quarter of the 20th century.

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Jim DuPlessis

A journalist for decades.