AmEx earnings: $1.40 per share, vs. expected EPS of $1.36

Analysts had expected the company to report earnings of $1.36 a share on $8.35 billion in revenue, according to a consensus estimate from Thomson Reuters.. Consumer credit rose only $13.5 billion in August, compared with the $20 billion economists polled by Reuters were expecting. The overall slowdown could have impacted American Express's business in that...