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To: HPilot who wrote (501083)8/4/2009 3:07:58 PM
From: bentway  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1577452
 
"I think 12% may have been the average."

On May 1st 1980, the prime rate was 19.5%! Mortgages were well over 20%. Credit card interest rates were 27 - 35%.

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Life pretty much sucked if you didn't have cash.