U.S. economy jolted by subprime troubles

Story date: 2007-12-05 09:51:00
Added on: 2007-12-05 23:57:08

Xinhua News Agency - If the housing boom could sustain, just as subprime borrowers and lenders had wished, home buyers with lower credit and income would be able to refinance their homes or simply sell them when they had difficulties keeping up with their payments ...


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