 TITLE: How Does Inflation Affect Your Credit? CONTENT: How Inflation Can Indirectly Affect Credit\n------------------------------------------\nWhile inflation cannot directly influence your credit scores, big changes in the value of the dollar could lead to circumstances that hurt your credit scores and limit your ability to borrow money:\n*   **Unaffordable payments:** If the prices on everyday necessities increase to a point that you're forced to choose between, say, buying groceries and making monthly debt payments, then late or missed payments could damage your credit scores.\n*   **Increased debt:** If you resort to using credit cards to cover expenses your income can't cover in full, higher card balances and utilization could start to affect your credit scores. END