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|first=Mark |last=Skousen
|first=Mark |last=Skousen
|date=2008-09-17|publisher=''[[Christian Science Monitor]]''
|date=2008-09-17|publisher=''[[Christian Science Monitor]]''
}}</ref> In the view of some critics, the weakened lending standards of CRA and other affordable housing programs, coupled with the Federal Reserve's low interest-rate policies after 2001, was a major cause of the financial crisis of 2007/08.<ref>Joseph Fried, Who Really Drove the Economy Into the Ditch? (New York, NY: Algora Publishing, 2012), 6.</ref> <ref>{{cite web
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|title=FIRST UNION CAPITAL MARKETS CORP., BEAR, STEARNS & CO. PRICE SECURITIES OFFERING BACKED BY AFFORDABLE MORTGAGES
|title=FIRST UNION CAPITAL MARKETS CORP., BEAR, STEARNS & CO. PRICE SECURITIES OFFERING BACKED BY AFFORDABLE MORTGAGES
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