delinquency
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Delinquency rates as a share of U.S. household debt hit a nine-year high in the fourth quarter and were concentrated in lower-income zip codes, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Delinquency rate of January commercial mortgage-backed securities, surpassing 2008’s 10.7%.
From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026
EC’s original subversive content brought it to the attention of the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency in 1954 and its hearings on whether comics were linked to moral decay.
From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2024
In 2017, however, BRAVE’s funding from the DOJ’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention was not extended because of concerns about East Baton Rouge Parish’s administration of the grant.
From Slate • Oct. 13, 2023
Delinquency, juvenile, 369; influence of puberty on, 370; exaggerated ac- counts of, 370.
From Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students by Gross, Hans Gustav Adolf
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