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UPDATE 1-Bank of America credit card defaults inch up

Published: 17 Aug 2009 18:58:52 PST

* Credit card charge-off rate inches up to 13.82 pct

* Shares fall 4 percent in premarket trading

NEW YORK, Aug 17 - Bank of America Corp, the largest U.S. bank, said on Monday credit card defaults inched up in July, as more Americans lost jobs and many continued to struggle to pay their debts.

The credit card charge-off rate -- loans the company does not expect to be repaid -- rose to 13.82 percent in July from 13.81 percent in June, according to a regulatory filing.

Bank of America's shares fell 4 percent to $16.71 in premarket trading.


Source: Reuters

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