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If you've lived through the 2008 and 2009 financial crisis or if you've been paying attention to the news recently, you likely have heard the term "mortgage-backed security." You likely know that it is loosely related to mortgages, but also, isn't directly a mortgage.

The rest, tends to get a little bit complicated in financial jargon. Mortgage-backed securities, or MBS, and the market that surrounds them are a major underpinning to the US economy, so it's important to understand them if you want to understand greater economic actions. Let's explain this market simply, in common terms so everyone can understand.

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