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The subprime crisis is happening today
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because home prices are falling
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and with falling home prices more subprime borrowers
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are failing to pay their mortgage.
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Default rates are shooting up
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and valuation of securitized subprime mortgages have crashed
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and it's throwing turmoil all over the financial community.
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We're seeing what they call systemic effects--
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that's a very general term that goes beyond insurance.
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By systemic effects,
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I mean something that affects the whole financial system.
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When you do these calculations,