Marketplace: The "Buzzword": Sub Prime

Friday, September 16, 2005

The "Buzzword": Sub Prime

Life is hard enough without having to decipher everything. Each week, Marketplace Money brings you a word or a phrase that has bubbled to the top of the news. For instance — "Sub Prime." You hear it, you see it, but do you really know it?

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