Q1 2021 TransUnion Industry Insights Report explores credit trends one year after COVID-19CHICAGO, May 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Despite the shockwaves felt from the COVID-19 pandemic, the consumer credit market is strongly positioned as many parts of the country prepare to enter new phases of re-opening this summer. The just-released Q1 2021 TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) Industry Insights Report found that consumers are performing well one year since the pandemic began as serious delinquency rates remain mostly down and loan originations continue to rise from COVID-19 lows. The improvements are occurring against a backdrop of a pandemic that caused one of the greatest shocks in the history of the American economy. In March 2020, the unemployment rate stood at 4.4%. In April 2020, it jumped to 14.7% the highest reading since 1940. A consequence of this dramatic rise was an equally immense slowdown in loan originations. Some lenders tightened their standards and consumers held back on open