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August 26, 2015

Stocks aside, many still financially healthy

  • Hiring and home values are up. Gas prices and mortgage rates are down. Inflation is low, and layoffs have dwindled.
    • By JOSH BOAK
    AP Economics Writer

    WASHINGTON — Many Americans have just absorbed a financial beating — at least as measured by their stock holdings. It's the kind of blow that can feed a sense of helplessness about retirement, college savings and higher-than-expected bills.

    But take a look at other gauges of Americans' financial health, and a more nuanced picture emerges:


     
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