In the UK referendum on EU membership in June 2016, why were most major British financial institutions against Brexit? Please provide referred sources

What other policies should the United States government pursue to secure access to crucial medical goods during shocks like Covid-19?

Until 2007, CrossRock was seen by insiders, customers and many in the wider financial community as a successful financial services company offering mortgage products to the United Kingdom market and providing a portfolio of savings products. Initially, like other traditional building societies, CrossRock relied on its saving products to fund much of its lending but over time, it started to source more and more of its funding through wholesale borrowing on capital markets, bonds and securitized loans. These new sources of funding provided a platform for expansion and the development of a new profitable business model that involved lending higher risk mortgages product (loans of more than 100% of the property value) and making these loans available to a wider customer base, including some customers who, by industry standards, would not have been judged as able to afford the repayments. While property value continued to increase, this business model was very successful and CrossRock…

Please explain how securitization market fueled the 2007-2008 global financial crisis