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AP IMPACT: US diluted loan rules before crash (AP)

Rising Hegemon found this 12/1/2008 on news.yahoo.com

AP - The Bush administration backed off proposed crackdowns on no-money-down, interest-only mortgages years before the economy collapsed, buckling to pressure from some of the same banks that have now failed. It ignored remarkably prescient warnings that foretold the financial meltdown, according to an Associated Press review of regulatory documents.