Paulson Crafts Subprime Deal to Prevent Second Bush Recession

December 3 2007 Bloomberg.com U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, struggling to prevent a second recession in the presidency of George W. Bush, will today discuss plans to keep troubled subprime borrowersfrom losing their homes. The Treasury is negotiating with lenders to fix interest rates on some mortgages to prevent a surge in defaults as borrowing costs on 2006 loans rise from initially low rates. Paulson speaks at a conference in Washington at 10:30 a.m. Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke are concerned that falling home values will throttle consumer spending, which has driven much of the six-year expansion. By heading off further deterioration in the $11.5 trillion mortgage market, officials are also aiming to stem losses on securities backed by subprime loans.

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