U.S. consumer credit rose by a less-than-expected $3.35 billion in December as credit card debt dipped, while consumer credit for the full year posted the smallest rise since 1992, a Federal Reserve report showed on Tuesday.


Analysts polled by Reuters were expecting a $4.5 billion rise in consumer credit in the month after a revised $568 million gain in November that was originally reported as a $649 million decline.


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