Northern exposure
2 April 2019
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The U.S. bank bought 5 bln pounds of mortgages made by the lender which failed in 2008 from the UK government. The state cuts its debt load, and the buyer gets stable high-yielding assets. The risk is that a left-wing executive takes power, and forces lenders to cut rates.
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