As Lynnette Khlafani-Cox looked at her credit score back in 2022, she couldn’t believe what she was seeing. The number that popped up on her screen: 850. She is a renowned money expert known as ‘The ...

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A new report finds that scores dropped the most for those age 18 to 29. Here’s how to deal with a drop in your score. By Ann Carrns Young adults, those 18 to 29, are starting to see the negative ...