Merrill Lynch senior director Sarbashis Ghosh, in a session on RMBS research: “It’s not a subprime problem, it’s a housing leverage problem … we have people with a mortgage who simply cannot afford to make their payments.” Ghosh suggested the solution was “to address the question of leverage,” and went so far as to suggest something like a food stamp program to help borrowers with payments. [emph added]Ghosh made this statement at the 2008 American Securitization Forum, a conference for securitization market professionals from all asset classes and product sectors that is now wrapping up in (ahem) Las Vegas.
Tuesday Morning Open Thread
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??MAJOR BREAKING: Rep-Elect Adelita Grijalva announces her election results
will be OFFICIALLY certified tomorrow, destroying Mike Johnson’s last
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