1.   -- Consumer credit posted a smaller-than-expected increase in August as auto borrowing grew at a slower pace, Federal Reserve figures showed.

2.   The pace of auto borrowing also rose from September.

3.   The pace of auto borrowing also slowed from a month earlier.

4.   U.S. consumer credit posted a smaller-than-expected increase in August as auto borrowing grew at a slower pace, Federal Reserve figures showed today.

5.   U.S. consumer borrowing, on the rise for three years, accelerated in July as credit card use outpaced auto borrowing, Federal Reserve figures showed today.