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SUBPRIME LENDING [2 records]

Record 1 2017-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Loans
OBS

subprime lending : term extracted from the “Glossaire de l'économie” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prêts et emprunts
OBS

prêts immobiliers aux emprunteurs à risque; prêts aux emprunteurs à risque : termes extraits du «Glossaire de l’économie» et reproduits avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Key term(s)
  • prêt immobilier aux emprunteurs à risque
  • prêt aux emprunteurs à risque

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial Institutions
  • Banking
  • Loans
CONT

The Canadian subprime mortgage market accounts for less than 5 per cent of the residential mortgage market, and might be better characterized as a near-prime market, with quite different lending standards than appear to have been applied in the United States.

Key term(s)
  • sub-prime mortgage market

French

Domaine(s)
  • Institutions financières
  • Banque
  • Prêts et emprunts

Spanish

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