Since the real problem lay partly in the mortgages, rather than the borrowers, this suggests the subprime crisis was a financial-market mess, as well as a housing one.

由此可见问题的部分真正原因是在于抵押借款，而非借款人，这意味着次贷危机是一种金融市场混乱及房地产市场的混乱。

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In the current recession some borrowers have given priority to their credit-card and car loans rather than their mortgages.

在当前的经济衰退期，很多借款人，优先还信用卡和汽车的贷款，而不是房屋的贷款。

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Rather than lending directly to borrowers, all the trades are cleared through a central platform, which reduces counterparty risk.

所有的交易都是通过中央平台进行清算，而不是直接借给借款者，这就减少了对手风险。

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Since the real problem lay partly in the mortgages, rather than the borrowers, this suggests the subprime crisis was a financial-market mess, as well as a housing one.

ECONOMIST: Home ownership

By going after savers rather than borrowers, the discount brokers naturally gravitate to a lucrative clientele, namely retirees with fat 401(k) accounts.

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Rather than take defaulting borrowers to the region's notoriously slow courts, lenders are investing heavily in systems to spot and chase late payments.

ECONOMIST: Consumer lending is taking root in central Europe