 TITLE: COVID-19 Impact: Changes to Consumer Debt and Credit CONTENT: Changes in Consumer Finance and Credit Behavior\n-----------------------------------------------\nTo provide a quick and easy-to-understand overview of how consumers in each state have been impacted by COVID-19, this map shows how economic metrics including how consumer debt balances and credit scores have changed since the same time last year. Annual comparisons are based on May 2020 data (the most recent available) and are compared with the equivalent data from the same month in the prior year.\nWithin the U.S., our analysis showed no statistically significant correlation between state positive cases and changes in consumer debt or credit scores. Similarly, there is no immediate relationship between states with early stay-at-home orders, and their change in debt or credit.\nSource: Experian and VantageScore data, May 2020. Stay-at-home order dates from Kaiser Family Foundation. END