[lbo-talk] BBC's Sub-Prime Top Ten

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Dec 11 12:03:24 PST 2007


On Dec 11, 2007, at 2:43 PM, Charles Brown wrote:


> Can I ask a question on "sub-prime" ? Aren't the interest rates on
> such
> loans higher than the prime rate ? Aren't they super-prime interest
> rate
> loans

Prime refers to the borrower, not the rate. Prime = extremely creditworthy. Subprime = not so.



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