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Your credit score
graphic January 14, 2002: 10:23 a.m. ET

Tips on how to learn your credit score to help better manage your credit.
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NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Most consumers don't know anything about their credit score until they apply for a credit card or buy a home.

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Your credit score is the number lenders use to determine your credit worthiness, and it influences whether potential lenders say "yes" or "no" when you request a loan.

CNNfn's Valerie Morris has details on how that number is determined and how you can improve it. graphic





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