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RBA Glossary definition for Sub-prime mortgage
Sub-prime mortgage – While there is no precise definition of sub-prime mortgages, in the United States, they are typically loans made to borrowers with impaired credit histories, which might include one or more payment defaults, a previous loan foreclosure, or bankruptcy.
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Discussion on Change and Constancy in the Financial System: Implications for Financial Distress and Policy | Conference – 2007
20 Aug 2007
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Without pretending to fully understand the events of recent weeks, let me use Claudio's approach to reflect on some of the possible causes of the sub-prime crisis. ... The question is – how could we have prevented the over-borrowing that took place in
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2007/borio-disc.html
Discussion on The Australian Financial System in the 2000s: Dodging the Bullet | Conference – 2011
24 Jul 2000
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Lending standards in the United States, especially in sub-prime mortgages, evidently deteriorated markedly in the period leading up to the crisis. ... Because Australian mortgages tend to be written with variable rates, households rather than banks bear
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2011/davis-disc.html
Introduction | Conference – 2008
14 Jul 2008
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with adverse news about the US sub-prime mortgage market gaining prominence in June and July 2007. ... They posit that these policy shifts drove the rise in sub-prime mortgage lending, from which the financial crisis stemmed.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2008/intro-2008.html
Risk and the Transformation of the Australian Financial System | Conference – 2007
20 Aug 2007
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opposed to the underlying, predominantly offshore, funds); and the Australian single-manager funds tend to use global investment banks as their prime brokers. ... which account for only about 1 per cent of the stock of housing loans, the arrears rate is
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2007/ryan-thompson.html
Introduction | Conference – 2007
20 Aug 2007
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A reminder of some of the uncertainties here was provided by the problems in the United States sub-prime mortgage market and the resulting turmoil in global financial markets that were ... In the market for housing loans, this has been spurred by the
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2007/intro-2007.html
Discussion on Banking Concentration, Financial Stability and Public Policy | Conference – 2007
20 Aug 2007
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In the context of problems in the US sub-prime mortgage market, one participant wondered whether it was possible to provide sufficient liquidity without providing respite for those who should face ... to use mortgages as collateral for their borrowings
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2007/davis-disc.html
Discussion on Finance and Welfare States in Globalising Markets | Conference – 2007
20 Aug 2007
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income. Participants also raised some interesting questions about the recent turmoil in the sub-prime mortgage market. ... He also thought that the model of originating and selling mortgages had reduced the incentives to monitor the quality of these
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2007/bertola-disc.html
The Australian Financial System in the 2000s: Dodging the Bullet | Conference – 2011
24 Jul 2000
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Fourth, securitisation grew rapidly up until the GFC, with both international and domestic demand then drying up such that the stock of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) on issue fell (as ... It is also noticeable that other liabilities
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2011/davis.html
Discussion on The Unfolding Turmoil of 2007–2008: Lessons and Responses | Conference – 2008
20 Aug 2007
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As defaults on US sub-prime mortgages have risen, liquidity in global capital markets has become scarce. ... house price bubble in the United States, and the sub-prime mortgage problems were just one symptom of this much bigger concern.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2008/cohen-remolona-disc.html
Wrap-up Discussion | Conference – 2008
14 Jul 2008
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occurred with many of the financial innovations that have underpinned the sub-prime crisis. ... What differs each time is the set of assets or financial instruments at the centre of the event, be they railway shares, tech stocks, emerging market debt or
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2008/wrap-up-disc-2008.html