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The Finances of American Households in the
Past Three Recessions: Evidence
from the Survey of Consumer Finances


Data for Figures

Kevin B. Moore*
Michael G. Palumbo**


Figure 1, Top left panel. Total Payroll Employment
Months from NBER PeakJuly 1990 PeakMarch 2001 PeakDecember 2007 Peak
-1298.4199.1599.17
-1198.4599.3799.3
-1098.6899.5499.32
-998.7899.599.46
-899.0399.6299.48
-799.1299.6399.59
-699.4399.7299.63
-599.6599.7199.59
-499.8599.8899.57
-399.8999.9999.64
-2100.0299.9899.76
-1100.04100.0299.91
Peak100100100
199.8199.7999.95
299.7499.7599.84
399.5999.6699.76
499.4699.5699.64
599.499.4499.54
699.2999.2699.42
799.0299.0199.33
898.8798.7999.2
998.6898.6698.97
1098.5698.5698.7
1198.6498.4598.26
1298.698.4397.77
1398.6198.3797.24
1498.6498.3696.74
1598.6598.3996.27
1698.698.3295.9
1798.6298.3195.68
1898.6798.2795.34
1998.6198.3695.14
2098.6598.3794.98
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Figure 1, Top right panel. Real Income from Wages and Salary
Months from NBER PeakJuly 1990 PeakMarch 2001 PeakDecember 2007 Peak
-1297.4797.399.38
-1197.3597.5199.91
-1097.6597.08100.1
-998.4297.52100.25
-898.2498.5399.85
-798.498.7499.62
-698.3198.7799.77
-598.9198.8299.66
-499.1298.6599.68
-399.6798.46100.06
-299.2699.37100.03
-199.699.81100.05
Peak100100100
199.199.2199.7
299.298.6299.49
398.1298.3499.36
498.0898.1998.99
598.6898.0198.79
697.898.1898.19
797.6897.7297.88
897.7997.9498.17
997.8598.2397.83
1097.7898.4598.31
1198.698.4499.18
1298.0498.5199.13
1398.1198.2796.65
1498.4598.4295.44
1598.0198.7594.91
1698.2498.0794.55
1798.998.0694.38
1898.6698.0193.61
1999.5997.7593.72
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Figure 1, Middle left panel. Real Disposable Personal Income
Months from NBER PeakJuly 1990 PeakMarch 2001 PeakDecember 2007 Peak
-1297.297.1799.44
-1197.4597.5899.27
-1097.7197.9199.56
-998.1198.1299.76
-898.2398.5799.62
-798.2699.0499.61
-698.7599.1299.74
-599.0499.0899.83
-499.0498.95100.1
-399.6599.15100.29
-299.4799.63100.28
-199.6799.78100.01
Peak100100100
199.4999.6599.75
299.5199.4399.47
398.899.5199.27
498.9101.0899.32
599.3102.91104.45
699.06102.19101.76
799.3100.52100.21
899.54100.8599.27
999.89101.2599.36
1099.87103.5199.65
11100.39103.61100.7
12100.1103.65100.99
13100.21103.94101.2
14100.48104.17100.21
15100.63104.37100.11
16100.7103.94100.98
17101.41103.76102.52
18102.1103.72100.86
19102.55103.83100.81
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Figure 1, Middle right panel. Real Personal Consumption Expenditures
Months from NBER PeakJuly 1990 PeakMarch 2001 PeakDecember 2007 Peak
-1297.4497.5798.45
-1198.497.4398.83
-1098.2497.8898.91
-998.298.0899.09
-898.2698.1799.19
-799.0698.6699.25
-699.5399.4499.23
-599.0199.499.42
-499.3399.4899.79
-399.55100.0199.87
-299.4999.9899.88
-199.81100.1100.09
Peak100100100
1100.02100.199.92
299.96100.5499.71
399.39100.5899.89
499.3100.7999.99
598.96101.3799.84
698.13100.3799.74
798.76102.7999.14
899.91102.3299.11
999.55102.1798.65
1099.77102.5298.36
1199.74102.9398.44
12100.17102.8897.79
1399.99103.3898.36
14100.0410398.45
1599.66103.5298.22
16100.13104.198.04
17100.26104.2298.09
18101.65103.6998.26
19101.71103.9898.47
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Figure 1, Bottom left panel. Real Residential Investment
Months from NBER Peak1990:Q3 Peak2001:Q1 Peak2007:Q4 Peak
-8126.38102.85157.53
-7126.27103.37155.2
-6123.95103.69147.07
-5118.72104.38137.58
-4116.79104.27130.27
-3113.43103.1123.52
-2112.88100.71118.4
-1107.38100.24110.5
Peak100100100
193.23100.9291.22
287.12101.4586.55
388.64100.5481.94
491.62102.9877.7
592.89104.6969.15
696.87104.7764.5
799.89105.87ND
899.46106.13ND
9102.22108.46ND
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Figure 1, Bottom right panel. Sales of New Homes
Months from NBER PeakJuly 1990 PeakMarch 2001 PeakDecember 2007 Peak
-12134.8795.85161.23
-11128.689.56143.94
-10117.991.27133.76
-911984.45134.57
-8126.294.46143.3
-7116.2490.31136.03
-6114.3997.12128.11
-5109.0499.36125.69
-4105.993.72112.92
-3100104.69110.82
-298.5299.68117.45
-1100.55102.56103.55
Peak100100100
197.4296.8198.22
291.5194.2593.05
385.7993.9382.23
490.9693.7286.11
585.6192.2382.23
673.9990.8478.84
788.9392.7680.78
893.5498.471.73
993.73104.2670.44
1095.3993.7266.07
1195.2100.9663
1294.2898.360.42
1397.0599.6853.15
1489.85104.1557.19
1596.68101.9253.63
16106.09101.8155.74
17102.95107.9959.94
18124.72111.1864.62
19117.9107.1468.82
20102.21109.0569.31
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Figure 2, Top left panel. Personal Saving Rate
Months from NBER PeakJuly 1990 PeakMarch 2001 PeakDecember 2007 Peak
-12-0.2-0.31
-11-0.870.20.5
-10-0.490.10.7
-9-0.1100.8
-8-0.060.40.4
-7-0.780.30.3
-6-0.71-0.40.4
-50.04-0.40.3
-4-0.26-0.60.2
-30.12-0.90.3
-20-0.40.3
-1-0.1-0.3-0.1
Peak000
1-0.49-0.5-0.1
2-0.41-1.1-0.1
3-0.55-1-0.4
4-0.390.3-0.6
50.271.54.4
60.761.72.1
70.39-2.11.2
8-0.43-1.30.3
90.22-0.70.8
100.011.11.5
110.520.92.4
12-0.150.93.3
130.120.73
140.341.32
150.7912.1
160.440.13.1
170.98-0.24.5
180.470.32.8
190.830.12.6
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Figure 2, Top right panel. Household Net Worth
Months from NBER Peak1990:Q3 Peak2001:Q1 Peak2007:Q4 Peak
-890.1993.4592.04
-792.2496.8595.29
-694.3195.794.42
-596.35104.1795.79
-499.25107.4399.1
-3100.81106.13100.73
-2100.69106.9102.21
-1101.9103.49102.25
Peak100100100
1102.45103.2496.15
2106.1798.5194.79
3106.02102.6590.48
4107.39104.1782.8
5110.43100.8680.02
6110.9496.6383.15
7110.9299.77ND
8112.2499.97ND
9115.47105.17ND
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Figure 2, Middle left panel. Stock Prices
Months from NBER PeakJuly 1990 PeakMarch 2001 PeakDecember 2007 Peak
-1299.79134.2996.21
-11101.67127.298.06
-10101.25122.6196.3
-998.11127.9297.23
-899.51125.22100.9
-7101.05134.14104.34
-693.47127.87102.64
-594.59125.0799.08
-496.72112.5100.19
-393.74114.37103.66
-2101.89118.65105.76
-1101.18107.32100.76
Peak100100100
190.23108.1493.77
285.08109.0690.8
383.74107.1589.96
489.09105.2994.41
591.6498.7796.23
695.8989.8388.22
7102.9792.0387.36
8105.8998.9388.56
9106.01100.5880.13
10109.999.2465.92
11104.7697.0660.36
12109.5101.2261.32
13112.1396.256.25
14110.6394.9350.43
15112.4988.1554.75
16107.8580.9460.48
17119.4181.2963.49
18119.0173.0263.6
19120.378.568.47
20117.0583.170.75
21118.4578.3773.63
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Figure 2, Middle right panel. Stock Prices
Months from NBER PeakJuly 1990 PeakMarch 2001 PeakDecember 2007 Peak
-1296.692.69109.26
-1196.9593.74109.01
-1097.1794.9108.63
-997.2495.81108.57
-897.1796.68108.41
-797.197.16108.5
-696.6797.55108.38
-597.0397.88108.03
-497.3898.03106.9
-398.2398.08105.13
-299.0198.08103.09
-199.6598.94101.67
Peak100100100
199.79101.0198.17
299.29102.2196.88
398.87103.3796.54
498.37104.4396.85
598.16104.9697.1
697.66105.0596.98
798.51105.196.28
899.72105.2594.87
9101.27105.5893.57
10102.2105.9792.25
11102.76106.8390.61
12102.9107.9488.22
13102.55109.2486.49
14101.91110.6485.86
15101.42112.1886.52
16101.42113.4387.81
17101.13114.2489.17
18100.92114.7390.02
19101.27115.1190.58
20102.27115.6990.74
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Figure 2, Bottom left panel. Home Mortgage Debt
Months from NBER Peak1990:Q3 Peak2001:Q1 Peak2007:Q4 Peak
-881.7184.3384.45
-783.9786.3287.24
-685.3688.7490.08
-587.7290.4192.35
-490.3491.6893.78
-392.3793.9695.59
-295.4296.3197.48
-197.998.2698.8
Peak100100100
1101.74103.28100.6
2103.37106.38100.56
3105.86108.64100.17
4106.84111.4599.48
5109.02115.0799.48
6110.68119.0399.2
7112.02123.19ND
8114.26126.67ND
9116.1131.92ND
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Figure 2, Bottom right panel. Consumer Credit
Months from NBER PeakJuly 1990 PeakMarch 2001 PeakDecember 2007 Peak
-1296.288.894.65
-1196.5389.494.87
-1096.8990.0895.36
-997.3691.4895.87
-897.9492.5496.08
-798.4893.6996.7
-698.8694.6597.16
-598.9995.6397.65
-498.9996.5398.45
-398.9997.5298.86
-299.1298.3199.26
-199.599.3299.74
Peak100100100
1100.23100.9100.3
2100.44101.32100.67
3100.71101.91101.14
4100.84102.13101.58
5100.17102.56101.75
699.96103.01102.18
7100.02103.92102.46
8100.18105.46102.25
9100.12106.02102.34
10100.12106.1102.2
1199.89106.89101.79
1299.65107.65101.57
1399.4108.28101.78
1499.26108.89101.27
1598.98109.56100.63
1698.93110.299.94
1798.9110.6199.59
1899.02110.7798.97
1999.1111.1298.12
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Figure 3, Top left panel. Mortgage Delinquency Rate
Months from NBER Peak1990:Q3 Peak2001:Q1 Peak2007:Q4 Peak
-80.12-0.07-0.46
-70.12-0.08-0.47
-60.11-0.1-0.57
-50.05-0.11-0.54
-40.04-0.12-0.52
-30.04-0.13-0.5
-2-0.01-0.1-0.37
-1-0.01-0.03-0.22
Peak000
10.020.080.15
20.070.130.35
30.070.140.72
40.10.131.27
50.10.212.05
60.10.252.4
70.120.19ND
80.110.17ND
90.050.26ND
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Figure 3, Top right panel. Credit Card Delinquency Rate
Months from NBER PeakJuly 1990 PeakMarch 2001 PeakDecember 2007 Peak
-12-0.59-0.61-0.51
-11-0.76-0.52-0.51
-10-1.02-0.58-0.53
-9-0.94-0.6-0.57
-8-1.07-0.5-0.56
-7-0.81-0.53-0.5
-6-0.74-0.42-0.47
-5-0.64-0.36-0.47
-4-0.82-0.31-0.34
-3-0.17-0.25-0.2
-2-0.27-0.19-0.13
-1-0.11-0.05-0.08
Peak000
10.10.10.05
20.490.090.07
30.190.150.17
40.430.160.24
50.670.120.31
60.45-0.090.36
70.670.10.44
80.650.080.47
90.590.20.53
100.640.190.66
110.540.220.87
120.250.191.19
130.240.071.41
140.45-0.021.62
150.580.081.94
160.470.062.08
170.480.161.85
180.580.251.78
190.50.271.72
200.520.241.72
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Figure 3, Middle left panel. Prime Auto Loan Charge-Off Rate
Months from NBER PeakMarch 2001 PeakDecember 2007 Peak
-120.04-0.41
-11-0.35-0.39
-10-0.24-0.53
-9-0.38-0.55
-8-0.32-0.64
-7-0.09-0.62
-6-0.18-0.5
-50.05-0.37
-40.07-0.29
-30.07-0.35
-20.2-0.19
-10.08-0.07
Peak00
1-0.140.02
2-0.22-0.04
3-0.14-0.04
4-0.09-0.24
5-0.07-0.11
6-0.040.08
70.250.32
80.150.35
90.320.35
100.080.66
110.10.54
120.050.95
130.130.89
14-0.10.77
150.270.61
160.010.4
17-0.080.35
180.090.47
190.320.38
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Figure 3, Middle right panel. Mortgage Delinquency Rate
Months from NBER Peak2001:Q1 Peak2007:Q4 Peak
-8-6.46ND
-7-41.7ND
-6-40.08ND
-5-56.36-55.28
-4-60.99-47.41
-3-52.42-43.05
-2-21.75-33.81
-1-30.44-17.46
Peak00
119.18.4
25.526.79
328.8548.66
422.2371.12
518.6697.59
635.71121.39
742.94ND
855.61ND
954.72ND
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Figure 3, Bottom left panel. Consumer Sentiment
Months from NBER PeakJuly 1990 PeakMarch 2001 PeakDecember 2007 Peak
-12104.31117.05121.46
-11101.59119.34128.34
-10108.62120.98120.93
-9106.46116.28117.09
-8103.06118.36115.36
-7102.61117.27116.95
-6105.44116.72112.98
-5101.47115.63119.74
-4103.51117.6110.46
-3106.46107.54110.46
-2102.72103.5107.15
-1100.1199.02100.79
Peak100100100
186.6296.61103.84
282.54100.5593.77
372.45101.292.05
474.83100.9882.91
574.2610079.21
675.7489.474.7
779.8290.3881.06
899.4391.6983.44
992.7497.0593.11
1088.78101.6476.29
1193.0899.1373.25
1293.99104.5979.6
1392.97101.6481.06
1494.1105.974.57
1588.78100.9875.89
1678.3496.2886.23
1777.3295.7490.99
1876.5394.193.77
197888.0987.42
2086.1792.0287.02
2187.5394.7597.35
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Figure 3, Bottom right panel. Consumer Confidence
Months from NBER PeakJuly 1990 PeakMarch 2001 PeakDecember 2007 Peak
-12118.39117.28121.41
-11113.47117.79121.63
-10114.36123.78122.74
-9115.04119.08119.43
-8113.18122.33117.33
-7111.11120.44119.76
-6104.72121.9116.23
-5104.92116.17123.51
-4108.75113.43116.56
-3105.51110.01109.82
-2105.5198.97105.08
-1100.6993.4196.91
Peak100100100
183.2894.0196.36
284.1799.3284.33
361.55101.7172.74
460.6799.4969.32
560.1897.5264.13
654.1882.9856.29
758.4172.9757.28
879.7472.6364.57
978.0780.9267.77
1075.1283.6642.83
1176.781.2749.34
1276.494.742.6
1374.8392.8141.28
1471.6894.3527.92
1559.190.9329.69
1651.8283.3245.03
1751.6280.8460.49
1849.3680.1554.42
1946.5168.0952.32
2055.5672.6360.15
2164.0169.0358.61
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Figure 4: Household Net Worth in the Survey of the Consumer Finances, 1989-2009
Survey YearMean Net WorthMedian Net Worth
1989299.475.5
Jul 90279.573.6
199227071.7
1995286.778.2
1998360.191.3
Mar 01463.198.6
2001464.8101.3
Nov 02435105.7
2004493.5102.3
2007557.8120.6
Jun 09401.884
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Figure 5: Changes in Net Worth Across the Net Worth Distributions
 Jul 90 to Nov 92 (1992 SCF)Mar 01 to Nov 02Nov 07 (2007 SCF) to Jun 09
25th126-41
50th -37-30
75th -51-23
95th-6-7-29
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Appendix A,Top left panel. Transfer Payments
Months from NBER PeakJuly 1990 PeakMarch 2001 PeakDecember 2007 Peak
-1295.1192.9496.77
-1195.7293.7998.16
-1096.2395.9798.73
-996.5994.9898.62
-897.1795.1598.02
-796.7695.8298.06
-698.8895.8798.03
-598.8195.9398.4
-498.9395.5799.28
-399.597.0999.28
-299.5398.6999.3
-110099.1698.77
Peak100100100
199.62101.35100.4
2100.43101.7100.75
3100.94101.8101.06
4101.3102101.64
5102.55101.48111.55
6104.08102.75109.92
7104.82104.88102.27
8105.66105.67103.04
9107.13106.73103.82
10107.46107.92103.99
11107.75107.87105.81
12107.57107.44107.35
13108.14108.78110.08
14108.74108.85110.53
15111.33108.88112.67
16110.93108.9115.5
17113.11108.82124.78
18115.1109.24117.48
19115.19109.29118.08
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Appendix A, Top right panel. Transfer Payments
Months from NBER PeakJuly 1990 PeakMarch 2001 PeakDecember 2007 Peak
-1283.296.3476.23
-1181.795.8871.94
-1081.0495.4771.17
-979.695.0273.86
-880.7194.8479.54
-781.9295.4283.47
-682.796.0586.32
-583.9897.4886.26
-486.2898.588.03
-389.4899.1591.1
-292.9599.1695.27
-196.3499.4998.04
Peak100100100
1101.91100.43100.94
2102.52101.2103.22
3101.78102.54107.01
4102104.63111.88
5102.7105.57116.06
6103.7105.77119.56
7104.76103.95122.26
8105.74102.85125.48
9106.43101.81128.67
10107.48100.61132.75
11109.36100.24135.88
12111.73100.61137.64
13115.15101.75139.26
14119.47101.43141
15124.9199.26143.29
16126.9595.24146.47
17128.4691.85150.12
18127.4689.09153.15
19128.7786.96156.45
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Appendix A, Middle left panel. Interest Income
Months from NBER PeakJuly 1990 PeakMarch 2001 PeakDecember 2007 Peak
-1299.51100.9790.59
-1199.81101.3991.94
-1099.85101.7893.4
-999.47101.8294.89
-899.52101.9195.69
-799.59102.0896.38
-699.36101.6697.17
-599.35101.3498.57
-499.41101.0299.91
-399.71100.65100.96
-299.89100.17101.01
-199.84100.02100.4
Peak100100100
199.6699.8198.79
299.2999.3598.19
399.0698.997.62
498.9198.597.81
598.5998.0897.52
697.397.9796.89
796.9197.397.22
896.6696.7997.91
996.796.1498.44
1096.1894.7896.78
1195.9193.6396.64
1295.6592.5496.17
1395.2692.2194.65
1494.6991.6193.06
1594.1390.9391.83
1693.5690.1992.33
1792.989.4292.84
1892.1788.892.91
1991.5588.7292.4
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Appendix A, Middle right panel. Interest Income
Months from NBER PeakJuly 1990 PeakMarch 2001 PeakDecember 2007 Peak
-1297.57102.72106.77
-1198.45104.04107.35
-1099.47104.92107.66
-9100.81105.29107.72
-8101.92105.5107.77
-7101.44105.73107.54
-6101.85105.23107.21
-5101.61104.78106.69
-4101.52104.09105.99
-3101.71103.15104.83
-299.72101.64103.46
-199.87100.65101.63
Peak100100100
199.499.3798.21
298.2898.8596.62
396.5498.6295.04
495.5798.8293.69
595.1599.1792.33
698.39100.0290.85
7101.1100.3989.63
8101.8101.3788.97
9102.19102.5688.36
10102.7103.7688.4
11103.07104.7589.15
12103.41105.4589.48
13103.42105.8685.16
14103.54106.5280.77
15103.17106.9876.7
16102.79107.274.03
17102.02107.3171.37
18102.28107.2968.39
19102.44107.1267.13
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Appendix A, Bottom left panel. Contributions for Social Insurance
Months from NBER PeakJuly 1990 PeakMarch 2001 PeakDecember 2007 Peak
-1297.1496.5799.79
-1196.9796.67100.51
-1097.2496.17100.53
-997.8996.5100.47
-897.697.43100.04
-797.6397.6399.71
-699.4697.6699.75
-598.9297.7799.68
-499.497.6699.64
-399.0697.5999.98
-298.9699.2499.96
-199.6799.7499.96
Peak100100100
199.0699.37100.46
299.0298.91100.36
397.8998.68100.32
497.8298.64100.05
598.3398.5199.9
699.9998.7599.37
799.7998.3699.08
899.8598.5799.43
999.8998.999.2
1099.76100.3899.68
11100.47100.37100.68
12100.27100.41100.76
13100.33100.1799.27
14100.65100.398.11
15100.13100.697.67
16100.2199.9597.35
17100.8399.997.21
18101.9799.8796.48
19102.8299.6296.56
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Appendix A, Bottom right panel. Contributions for Social Insurance
Months from NBER PeakJuly 1990 PeakMarch 2001 PeakDecember 2007 Peak
-1299.1294.5995.88
-1199.1395.3197.5
-1099.3495.3798.36
-999.6195.6998.94
-899.796.2198.82
-7100.296.3398.89
-698.0796.2699.25
-598.8896.3499.48
-499.3196.5199.64
-399.7596.9199.9
-299.698.3399.74
-199.8499.2799.75
Peak100100100
199.2999.9699.51
299.299.3799.64
398.3598.4399.57
498.1289.7598.19
598.1778.9672.54
694.5584.585.48
794.1593.6685.85
894.0993.2394.83
994.4293.1493.78
1094.3281.9492.96
1194.8781.0492.51
1294.4180.1491.98
1394.3378.9678.82
1494.878.5176.88
1594.8178.5774.82
1695.0378.3570.04
1795.4878.4269.03
1892.1478.367.65
1992.9377.8569.01
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