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December 2007

Is There An End In Sight for the Mortgage Crisis?

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Linked Articles:

US Mortgage Crisis Rivals S&L Meltdown
By Greg Ip, Mark Whitehouse and Aaron Lucchetti, The Wall Street Journal
Toll of Economic Shocks May Linger for Years; A Global Credit Crunch

Why Subprime Mortgage Crisis Won't Cause a Recession: The U.S. Economy Survived S&L Crisis
By Mark J. Perry
Remember the Savings and Loan crisis of the 1980s? Does it offer any lessons about how the U.S. economy and financial system will absorb the current “subprime mortgage crisis?”


Where will it end?
By Eran Peer, Globes Online
The effects of the sub-prime crisis on Israeli banks are just beginning to emerge.


The Subprime Mortgage Crisis Viewed in the 12-Year Rear View Mirror
By Charles H. Green, trustedadvisor.com
We’re still in a financial pickle triggered by the subprime mortgage meltdown.


BOJ chief says subprime mortgage crisis unlikely to seriously affect Japanese financial system
By AP
Bank of Japan Governor Toshihiko Fukui said Monday that the subprime mortgage crisis is unlikely to seriously impact the Japanese financial system because of a limited exposure to credit markets.


Recession risk rises as subprime mortgage crisis dries up credit
By Paul Krugman, MercuryNews.com
How bad is it? Well, I’ve never seen financial insiders this spooked – not even during the Asian crisis of 1997-98, when economic dominoes seemed to be falling all around the world.


Have We Seen Worst of Mortgage Crisis?
By Joe Bel Bruno, AP
The worst-case scenario is anyone's guess, but some believe it could become very bad.


Betting the House
By Ted Hesson, Philadelphia citypaper.net
How bad is the subprime market in Philly?

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