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Consumer credit balances fall again

Nov. 6, 2009
Outstanding consumer credit fell at a 7.2 percent annual rate in September, the eighth consecutive decline, the Federal Reserve reported Friday. Credit balances had never fallen eight months in a row before in the 66-year history of the data. Consumer credit...
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch