The bank is fighting lawsuits and credit problems related to its ill-fated acquisition of home mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp three years ago as the U.S. housing bubble burst.

或是时运不济，三年前美国银行在房地产泡沫破裂之时收购了家庭抵押贷款型公司—美国国家金融服务公司(Country wide Financial Corp)，目前正官司缠身，面临信用问题。

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However, unlike the cowboys employed during the housing boom by men like Angelo Mozilo of Countrywide Credit, Clayton lenders knew that their companies would be holding onto the loans they originated.

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And that portfolio, inherited from Countrywide Credit, may still face further loss of value should the price of residential homes continue to soften another 5% to 10%, as many experts feel could happen.

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Nothing is more dear to a finance company, especially one with a heavy hand in the subprime market, than its access to credit, something Countrywide Financial and others are finding out all too painfully.

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