Is a Thin Credit File Hurting Your Finances?

We all know that bad credit can harm you in more ways than one. It’s hard to get a credit card and if you do, you pay higher interest rates, it’s almost impossible to get a mortgage or car loan, your insurance premiums are higher than those of people with better credit, and so on. Even your job search can be negatively impacted because prospective employers look at your credit score to determine how responsible and how good a manager you are.