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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...

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    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...

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      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 ...

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        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...

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          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% ...

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