Will taxpayers be on the hook for subprime crisis? - Christian Science Monitor
Story date: 2008-05-07 10:44:00
Added on: 2008-05-07 14:07:30
With a nationwide housing crisis far from over, the risk of future mortgage losses is rapidly shifting from the private sector toward government – and potentially US taxpayers. This is occurring partly by choice, as policymakers try to stop a wave ...
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