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Bank profits slump 70% as virus rakes businesses, households

by AP Business Writer
| August 26, 2020 12:03 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. banking industry’s second-quarter profits fell by 70% from a year ago as low interest rates and the economic turmoil of the COVID-19 pandemic weighed heavily on big and small banks alike.

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