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New York —
On top of everything else pummeling consumers right now — spiking gas prices, soaring grocery bills, an uncertain job market — there’s a wild card lurking in a shadowy corner of corporate finance that could pile on even more pain.
The wild card is private credit, an umbrella term for the borrowing and lending ecosystem that operates outside of traditional banking.