In the latest crisis, the problem was that investors erroneously believed property prices were quite predictable and built a whole edifice of derivatives on the back of the American housing market.

在最近的金融危机中，最大的问题在于投资者错误地认为房产价格可以准确预测而在美国房市上建造了一个巨大的衍生品体系。

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What we really ought to be doing here is concentrating on fixing the financial system and the housing problem. Not using this crisis as an excuse to go on an explosion of spending.

我们真正应该做的是集中精力整顿金融系统和房屋市场问题，而不是利用这场危机去使开支暴涨。

youdao

His talk did not touch on the housing problem.

他的谈话没有提及住房问题。

youdao

What we really ought to be doing here is concentrating on fixing the financial system and the housing problem.

VOA: standard.2009.03.15

The government is concentrating on housing, homelessness and truancy but it acknowledges that the problem goes rather deeper than that.

ECONOMIST: Tony Blair��s big idea

Nikki Cole from Community Housing Cymru said that national policies for affordable housing are clear but there was a problem with implementation on the ground.

BBC: Sustainability committee

Housing where Gordon has accepted there's a real problem about affordable housing and we're now striking out on that.

BBC: Jack Straw MP. photo courtesy Jeff Overs