The home-improvement market has been badly hit by the subprime-mortgage meltdown.

受次级房贷的影响，家庭装修市场受到了重创。

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After the mortgage meltdown of 2007, many home buyers have become a lot more cautious before buying a home.

在2007年的抵押贷款危机之后，很多购房者在买房前变得更加小心谨慎了。

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BofA's potential gain more than outweighs the problems it faces so far as a result of the US subprime mortgage meltdown.

美国银行的潜在获利，足以完整对消其迄今为止因美国次级抵押贷款危机所面临的问题。

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A once-successful titan in the insurance industry, AIG (American Insurance Group) became enmeshed in America's home mortgage meltdown by insuring questionable debt accrued by banks and other institutions around the world.

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Some economists blame a lack of oversight of the subprime mortgage industry for fueling the global financial meltdown that followed.

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A rash of home mortgage defaults helped spark last year's financial meltdown.

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The subprime mortgage meltdown and Wall Street's losses on mortgage-related derivatives have become personal.

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In other words, Cayne is taking the fall for losing billions in the mortgage meltdown.

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Likewise, rates on some subprime loans at the heart of the ongoing mortgage meltdown will come down slightly.

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