WASHINGTON: Total debt held by US households surged in 2017 to more than $13 trillion, the fifth straight annual increase, amid a continued rise in home mortgages and auto loans, according to data released Tuesday.

But nearly 10 years after the start of the global financial crisis, the hangover from the US housing market collapse is still evident in some areas of the country, the New York Federal Reserve Bank said in its quarterly report.

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