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The debt threat – a time bomb ticking?

Few domestic economic issues have prompted as much concern recently as the level of household debt. Even the policymakers themselves have worried that, in cutting interest rates to very low levels to maintain growth in the short-term, they could simply be storing up problems for later if they have lured households into excessive levels of borrowing.

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