Uncertainty likely to keep markets unsettled-IMF
Story date: 2007-09-24 07:20:00
Added on: 2007-09-24 08:00:23
Boston Globe - The market woes started in the U.S. subprime mortgage sector, where home loans made to borrowers with poor credit histories were repackaged and sold around the world as asset-backed securities to institutional hedge funds. Central banks have pumped ...
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