Select all that apply How did subprime mortgage loans contribute to the global financial crisis of 2007 and 2008? Multiple select question. Banks had to reduce their reserves as they wrote off bad loans. The interest rates on subprime loans were too low to make money for the banks. Banks were investors in subprime loans. Investment companies borrowed money from banks to buy subprime loans.
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