It's been eight years since the end of the Great Recession, and credit cards are back. Today, 171 million Americans have at least one card in their wallet, the highest number since 2005. Consumers also owe more than $1 trillion in revolving credit card debt, an all-time record. Even the percentage of consumers with less-than-stellar credit who have access to plastic is nearly back to pre-crisis levels.
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