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2008 financial crisis still seems like only yesterday for single women

  • Written by Melanie G. Long, PhD Candidate in Economics, Colorado State University
A woman walks by the New York Stock Exchange. AP Photo/Richard Drew

For many Americans, the financial crisis that plunged the global economy into recession a decade ago may seem like a distant memory.

Household net worth – the difference between assets and debts – reached a record US$98.7 trillion in the last quarter of 2017, up from...

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