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Question: George Tong - Goldman Sachs - Analyst
: <_ALACRA_META_ABSTRACT>All right. Good morning, and welcome. I'm very pleased to be joined by John Gamble, CFO; and Mark Begor, CEO of Equifax. Very pleased
to have you both with us today.
Question: George Tong - Goldman Sachs - Analyst
: Okay. So to begin, if you look at the broader US consumer credit environment, it appears relatively stable. You're seeing some modest
growth in lending volumes. Given these conditions, how would you overall describe the health of the US consumer from a credit perspective?
And are there any emerging risks or shifts in consumer credit quality that you're launching?
Question: George Tong - Goldman Sachs - Analyst
: Right. Makes sense. And if you drill into the subprime piece, any shifting trends, any changes in the second derivative that you're noticing
with respect to delinquencies or charge-offs?
Question: George Tong - Goldman Sachs - Analyst
: Right. Makes sense. If you look at white collar hiring, the trends appear somewhat squishy and we -- which has an impact on background
screening volumes in the Talent Solutions business, what are your expectations for hiring volumes over the next couple of quarters? And
what would be required for a more meaningful recovery there?
Question: George Tong - Goldman Sachs - Analyst
: Yes. Makes sense. Staying at a high level, if you look at your long-term target for organic growth, it's 7% to 10%, what macro conditions are
most conducive to landing in that target? And how do you think about the sensitivity to that outlook versus consumer credit health and
various macro drivers?
Question: George Tong - Goldman Sachs - Analyst
: Okay. Makes sense. Sticking with the mortgage market, the FHFA now allows lenders choice so VantageScores in the mix. You've suggested
in the past that VantageScore adoption could be slow to start. What are the main hurdles to adoption? And what are some of the things that
you're doing to help accelerate the core adoption?
Question: George Tong - Goldman Sachs - Analyst
: In the mortgage space, in addition to lender's choice, FICO is changing things up by going direct to resellers and bypassing the credit
bureaus. Can you help frame what the impact to USIS growth might be given this change?
Question: George Tong - Goldman Sachs - Analyst
: Makes sense. Let's touch on government, which we touched on a little bit earlier. Big catalysts next year in terms of the OB3 bill that requires
really cracking down on fraud and higher recertifications, can you talk about the opportunity and where you see Equifax benefiting from
that?
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