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Walt Disney Sells Enough Frozen Dresses for Every 4-Year Old Girl
An article in the NYTimes reports that Walt Disney sold 3 million "Frozen" dresses only a year after the movie released. The article...
US consumer
US Personal Savings Rate Shows Positive Surprise
Data released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis suggests that previous estimates of the U.S. personal savings rate may have been wi...
personal savings
US consumer
U.S. household debt surpasses 2008 Q3 peak.
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York recently released its Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit stating that debt balances ...
debt
US consumer
Making loans without borrowing history.
New lenders are popping up with claims that new data can be used to make loans to customers lacking enough borrowing history to secu...
debt
US consumer
US consumer debt-to-income ratio rising.
CoreLogic Inc. recently reported that 20% of mortgage loans made this winter ('17-'18) went to borrowers "spending more than 45% ...
debt-to-income ratio
home prices
mortgages
US consumer