Despite its poverty, India is growing at 7 percent a year. Hourly wages double every decade.

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Americans reined in their credit card and other consumer debt in August for a record 11th month in a row, a sign that households are not finished repairing their balance sheets. Total consumer credit fell $12 billion, the Federal Reserve reported Wednesday. That decline was larger than expected. Analysts had forecast ...