 TITLE: How to Protect Your Credit During a Recession CONTENT: 1\\. Monitor Your Credit\n-----------------------\nRegularly monitoring your credit is crucial to knowing if your scores drop and why. By reviewing your credit reports and credit scores often, you'll see how your credit is responding to changes in your financial life, if at all. This can help you understand what actions you may need to take, adjusting your finances where possible to move your credit to a better place.\nChecking your credit can also alert you to any inaccurate information in your reports. Mistakes, though rare, can happen when information is reported to the credit bureaus, and inaccuracies in your credit report could be pulling your credit scores down. If you find something in your report that you believe shouldn't be there, you can file a dispute with the credit bureau that maintains the report where the information appears. Keep in mind that accurate information cannot be removed from your credit reports.\nTo keep a closer eye on your credit reports and scores, consider using Experian's free credit monitoring tool for regular insight and alerts that tell you when something in your credit report has changed. END