Index

A

Aaa-rating, 183

ABS CDO (asset-backed security collateralized debt obligation), 119

ABX, leverage, 126

adjustable-rate mortgages, 16

AIG, 214, 226

alternative-A loans, 37, 45

American Association of Residential Mortgage Regulators, 149

American Dream Down Payment Act, 153

American financial system, 113-116

responsibility, 128-129

appraisals, 17

ARMs (adjustable-rate mortgages), 16, 70-72

first-time home buyers, 57

versus fixed-rate mortgages, 39-43

asset bubbles, preventing the next crisis, 267-268

asset prices, effect of interest rates on, 244-246

asset pricing

consumer spending, effect of, 243-245

rise in, 244

asset-backed conduits, 122

asset-backed security collateralized debt obligation (ABS CDO), 119

assets, toxic assets, 225

FDIC, ...

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