The Federal Reserve released its consumer credit data and it shows that revolving credit lines decreased at an annualized rate of 9.7% in February. That’s the greatest decline in 30 years for the measure, which has been steadily growing.

Consumers saddled by debt are not going to spend the country out of recession, but reduction of revolving lines is a positive for the economy as a whole.

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