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Facts About Credit Card Debt

0513-FACTS-ABOUT-CREDIT-CARD-DEBT.pdf | 140.1 kB
May 13, 2004
Revolving debt (most of which is credit card debt) has ballooned from $54 billion in January 1980 to over $750 billion currently.

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