However the withdrawal of government incentive for permanent loan modifications could lead to higher foreclosure in the future as well as higher provisions for credit losses as banks find less of an incentive to modify troubled home loans while borrowers fail to repay loans on existing terms.

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Any effort to modify global prices over a sustained period will most likely fail without substantial changes in the mechanics of supply and demand.

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