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Since most of the money would be a long-term loan to the government, it was reasonable to expect it would draw prime-rate compound interest.
The 'Milllionaire Retiree' Isn't a Very Helpful Concept 2011
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That same First American study found that 61 percent of the subprime mortgages issued in 2006 went to borrowers who qualified for prime-rate mortgages.
Digging into finance's pay dirt: The risky business of payday loans and more 2010
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An analysis by First American Loan Performance, a San Francisco-based research firm, found that 41 percent of the subprime mortgages sold in 2004 went to borrowers who qualified for prime-rate loans.
Digging into finance's pay dirt: The risky business of payday loans and more 2010
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That same First American study found that 61 percent of the subprime mortgages issued in 2006 went to borrowers who qualified for prime-rate mortgages.
Digging into finance's pay dirt: The risky business of payday loans and more 2010
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An analysis by First American Loan Performance, a San Francisco – based research firm, found that 41percent of the subprime mortgages sold in 2004 went to borrowers who qualified for prime-rate loans.
Policing Main Street 2010
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That same First American study found that 61percent of the subprime mortgages issued in 2006 went to borrowers who qualified for prime-rate mortgages.
Policing Main Street 2010
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An analysis by First American Loan Performance, a San Francisco-based research firm, found that 41 percent of the subprime mortgages sold in 2004 went to borrowers who qualified for prime-rate loans.
Digging into finance's pay dirt: The risky business of payday loans and more 2010
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Freddie Mac estimate that up to half of the borrowers who received subprime loans should have qualified for "prime-rate" conventional loans, had mortgage lenders exercised proper business sense.
Hilary O. Shelton: Why We Need Robust Consumer Financial Protection 2009
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CLO managers have used money from repaid loans to buy new ones, and cash has flowed into the market from other types of funds, such as high-yield and prime-rate mutual funds in search of higher returns.
Warner Chilcott Deal Could Reopen Leveraged-Loan Market 2009
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The delay was even longer than the few hours of lag in January, when there was media speculation the banks could balk at prime-rate cuts because of the global credit crunch.
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