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financial-crisis

Disaster in Making: Role of Monetary contracts in creating mortgage crisis

Mortgages purchased by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were sold in the market through Securitization – a financial mechanism under which various contractual debts/loans like home loans, auto loans, credit card debt/loan obligations, etc. are...

financial-crisis

Disaster in making: Financial crisis, Excessive borrowings & distorted financial modelling

The genesis of the financial crisis of 2007-2009 lies in the housing loan market of the U.S.A. A housing/mortgage loan in the U.S.A during the 1930s had extremely unusual structure biased towards the lenders –...