Subprime" Refers to the mortgages that were made mostly over the last ten years or so to subprime borrowers.

次贷"指的是,大约在最近10年中,提供给次级借款人的,住房抵押贷款

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Troubled banks then who have this the problem banks have now is they have these securitized mortgages that they've bought and the homeowners are defaulting on the mortgages now.

于是出于困境中的银行,现在银行的问题在于,他们持有自己买的,证券化按揭贷款,而房屋持有者却,对抵押借款拖欠。

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Subprime refers to mortgages, which is not the subject of today's lecture, but a subprime mortgage is a mortgage issued to a borrower who is not considered prime--not a good risk.

次贷指的是次级抵押贷款,这不属于今天的讨论范围之内,次级抵押贷款是发放给特殊借款人的,他们不是优质客户,也就是说风险较大

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