Precious Plastic - 2009

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December 2008

Precious Plastic is PwC's annual commentary on the consumer credit market.

This edition explores the impact of the 'credit crunch', the crisis in the banking sector and the downturn in the global economy on the UK consumer finance market and considers whether similar trends are being witnessed across continental Europe.

This year's publication also presents the findings of the first PwC Credit Confidence survey. This provides an important 'street-level' perspective on everyday debt repayment and credit issues and is coupled with the thoughts of financial institutions on the outlook for the consumer credit market in this volatile and challenging lending environment.

Download the Precious Plastic publication using the appropriate link above and, also, a podcast recording of Keith Webb (a director at PwC specialising in debt and profitability management), Pat Boyden (a Partner with 35 years experience advising on personal insolvencies), and Robert Boulding (Assistant Director, and co-Author of the Precious Plastic) discussing the volatile and challenging lending environment that financial institutions find themselves in.