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Growing Mortgage Indebtedness Helps Drive Household Debt Near Crisis Peak
February 24, 2017
Thomas Ressler
“Since reaching a trough in mid-2013, the rebound in household debt has been led by student debt and auto debt, with only sluggish growth in mortgage debt,” said one New York Fed official.
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