boarded up shopping mall 26 percent of adults who say they suffered financially during the Great Recession are still financially handicapped. (Photo: Shutterstock)

It may have happened over a decade ago, but the Great Recession is still making its presence felt in Americans' finances—and the effects are not pretty.

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Marlene Satter

Marlene Y. Satter has worked in and written about the financial industry for decades.