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Cate Long | Posted 12.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Derivatives Regulation, Derivatives Bill, Congress, Wall Street Crisis, Derivatives, Congressional Bailout, Derivatives Reform, Foreclosures, Lehman Brothers, Aig, Mortgage Delinquency, Politics News
Cate Long

Recently several Republican representatives, including Scott Garrett, have questioned whether derivatives helped create the financial crisis. Did derivatives cause the financial crisis? You bet.

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Mortgage Delinquencies Hit Another Record In 3Q

AP | EILEEN AJ CONNELLY | Posted 11.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Mortgages, Subprime Mortgages, Making Home Affordable, Real Estate Prices, Mortgage Delinquencies Third Quarter, Mortgage Crisis, Transunion, Real Estate, Mortgage Delinquency, Mortagge Modifiaction, Business News

NEW YORK — The pace at which people fell behind on their mortgages slowed during the summer for the third consecutive quarter, but the overall d...

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Mortgage And Credit Card Delinquencies May Have Peaked: Equifax

Reuters | Posted 07.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Credit Card Delinquency, Mortgage and Credit Card Delinquencies, Mortgage Delinquency, Delinquencies Peaked, Business News

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. consumers fell further behind on their debts last month, and consumer bankruptcies continue to increase at a double-digit ra...

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"Republicants" Deny the Sky is Falling

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 03.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Institute for America’s Future, Gop, Usw, Mortgage Delinquency, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Demos, Michael P. Brown, U.S. Senate, Unemployment, Credit Default Swap, American Conservative Union, Hurricane Katrina, Paul Krugman, Grover Norquist, Arlen Specter, Bill Clinton, Congressman Jerry Lewis, Olympia Snowe, Carl Rove, $700 Billion Bank Bailout, United Steelworkers, Economic Policy Institute, Barack Obama, American Prospect, James Lee Witt, Susan Collins, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Wall Street, U.S. House, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, New York Times, Thinking Big Thinking Forward, Forclosure, Americans for Tax Reform, Stimulus Package, Politics News
Leo W. Gerard

Republicans are terrified of the stimulus because if it works, then Americans will think good thoughts about government action and spending.

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