Вставьте подходящее по смыслу слово (a-j) в пропуски предложений (1-10) в тексте:
a) safeguarding f) financing
b) credit g) interest
c) mortgage h) lending
d) securities i) capital
e) debt j) conditions
With the (1) ……… crunch, Fannie and Freddie, the country’s (2)…………. giants, have become more important than ever, (3) ………… some 80% of mortgages. So they will need to keep (4) .………….. .Nor is the scope to offload their portfolios of mortgage-backed
(5) …………. , given that there are scarcely any buyers of such (6)……… . And if the Fed has to worry about (7) ………………... Fannie and Freddie, can it afford to raise (8) …………… rates to combat inflation? American monetary policy may be constrained. Fannie and Freddie can survive without raising (9) …………… until market (10) …………….. improve.