2025-05-09
8 分钟Here's your money briefing for Friday, May 9th.
I'm Julia Carpenter for The Wall Street Journal.
President Trump's sweeping auto tariffs sent some Americans rushing to the dealership before car prices went up.
But getting a new car might not be so easy.
In recent years, a lot of big auto lenders have actually tightened standards.
They're lending more to people with higher scores.
If you have a lower score, you may not be rejected or you may be approved,
but only at an even higher interest rate.
It doesn't mean that fewer loans are available,
but more of the loans that are available are going to a select few.
So what's a car shopper to do if they want to beat the tariff increases?
Wall Street Journal reporter Imani Moise will join me to talk about what's changed in the auto lending world and what options remain for eager buyers.
That's after the break.
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Executives at big car companies say the Trump administration's tariffs could jack up new car prices by thousands of dollars.
But at the same time, a lot of auto lenders are getting way more selective.
Wall Street Journal reporter Imani Moise joins me.