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America loves a good comeback story, like Robert Downey Jr. overcoming all sorts of addictions to become one of Hollywood’s biggest stars or Martha Stewart emerging from jail to become…
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Sources:
- Lamagna, M. (2017, April 8). U.S. households will soon have as much debt as they had in 2008. Retrieved from http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-households-will-soon-have-as-much-debt-as-they-had-in-2008-2017-04-03
- (2016, May) Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2015. Retrieved from https://www.federalreserve.gov/2015-report-economic-well-being-us-households-201605.pdf
- (2017, February 16) Household Debt Increases Substantially, Approaching Previous Peak. Retrieved from https://www.newyorkfed.org/newsevents/news/research/2017/rp170216