
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, June 8, 1993                   TAG: 9306080100
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: B8   EDITION: METRO 
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IN BUSINESS

WASHINGTON - American consumers increased their borrowing for the ninth consecutive month in April, bringing their total debt to an all-time high, the government said Monday.

Consumer installment credit outstanding rose at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.6 percent to $754 billion, the Federal Reserve said.

However, economists say consumers could turn cautious again without continued improvement in the job market.

The biggest gain came in revolving credit, which includes credit cards. It rose at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 7.5 percent, following an identical increase in March.- Associated Press Virginia Blues add workers

in Roanoke

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Virginia said Monday it has increased the number of its Roanoke employees, exceeding the level projected a year ago when it announced its most recent expansion.

At the end of May, the insurance company had 883 full-time employees in its Roanoke offices. It had 700 workers in Roanoke in March 1992, when it said it would add 160 within two years. - Staff report

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