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On the recordNovember 6, 2013
In fact, the data studied by the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission and the Federal Reserve show that the affordable housing goals had no impact on either the subprime loans, the number of the subprime loans, or on the price of those loans.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren argues that affordable housing goals did not cause the 2008 financial crisis.

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