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The Rise in US Household Indebtedness: Causes and Consequences

In: The Structure and Resilience of the Financial System

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  • Karen E Dynan

    (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)

  • Donald L Kohn

    (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)

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  • Karen E Dynan & Donald L Kohn, 2007. "The Rise in US Household Indebtedness: Causes and Consequences," RBA Annual Conference Volume (Discontinued), in: Christopher Kent & Jeremy Lawson (ed.),The Structure and Resilience of the Financial System, Reserve Bank of Australia.
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