In the 1970s,lending Institutions Earned a Large Portion of Their

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Essay

In the 1970s,lending institutions earned a large portion of their income from extending fixed-rate mortgages and loans.They extended many of these loans in the early 1970s when inflation was low.Were the lending institutions winners or losers as inflation skyrocketed in the late 1970s?

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