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Jeff Merkley: “But we had a real crisis that was driven by predatory mortgages, both mortgages that were undocumented and mortgages…”

On the recordJanuary 31, 2017
But we had a real crisis that was driven by predatory mortgages, both mortgages that were undocumented and mortgages that had exploding interest rates.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Merkley discusses the causes of the financial crisis related to predatory mortgages.

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