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Household Debt: How the Bottom Half Bolsters the Booming U.S. Economy

Jonathan Spicer Reuters
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The U.S. economy is booming. But the dramatic increase in jobs isn’t increasing wages and the growth in consumer spending has primarily been fueled by the bottom 60 percent of earners, who are exhausting their savings and piling up serious debt.