The Subprime Crisis: What Happens Next? Tonight on BLOOMBERG TV

The Subprime Crisis: What Happens Next? Tonight on BLOOMBERG TV

NEW YORK, July 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Mortgage defaults are rising and hedge fund losses are mounting, creating more uncertainty for investors already worried about the fallout from subprime lending.

Tonight at 7 p.m. ET on BLOOMBERG TELEVISION(R), Brian Sullivan hosts an hour-long primetime special report, "Subprime Shockwaves," that examines the impact of the subprime mortgage lending crisis on homeowners and home buyers as well as pension funds and the bond market.

Subprime mortgage lending -- the banking mess that's shaking the credit markets -- poses new challenges as many adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) rates will begin to rise in September. Businesses and consumers are asking: Will mortgage defaults increase? What will happen to interest rates? Will there be a credit crunch?

Tonight's Bloomberg program will probe why no one really knows how to put a price tag on the problem and what it all means for the economy.

The BLOOMBERG TELEVISION special will feature interviews with Richard F. Syron, Chairman and CEO of Freddie Mac; James Chanos, President of Kynikos Associates; Dr. Robert J. Shiller, Chief Economist at MacroMarkets LLC and professor at Yale University; Paul A. McCulley, Fund Manager at Pacific Investment Management Co.; Kenneth L. Fisher, Chairman and CEO of Fisher Investments Inc.; James B. Lockhart, Director of the United States Office of Federal Housing; Jim Rogers, Chairman of Beeland Interests Inc.; and Dr. Marc Faber, Founder and Managing Director of Marc Faber Ltd. and publisher of the "Gloom, Boom and Doom Report."

"Subprime Shockwaves" will air tonight, Wednesday, July 18th at 7:00PM ET and repeat at 11:00PM ET.

This exclusive news and follow up reports are available to the public on BLOOMBERG TELEVISION and BLOOMBERG RADIO(R) services worldwide, as well as to users of the BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL(R) service. Clips from the interviews will be archived and available via the BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL service.

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