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Private Credit's Growth Is Slowing. Its Influence Is Not
The asset class that ate corporate lending is maturing. What it built while growing is now permanent market structure.
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Sunday, August 16th, 2026 105 stories Independent & Reader-Supported
The asset class that ate corporate lending is maturing. What it built while growing is now permanent market structure.
Installment lending at the checkout spent years invisible to the credit system. As it becomes reportable, both the lenders and the borrowers are discovering what visibility costs.