Our friends over at have some excellent analysis as to why the record number of sub-prime auto loans does not necessarily mean an economically devastating bubble.

When sub-prime loans first started to grow several economists started to get concerned about what So far, despite the rise in sub-prime lending car-buyers seem to be handling just fine.

Remember that time that loans were being handed out like hotcakes to subprime borrowers, thus…

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