Those loans to dodgy borrowers have been bundled up into fancy financial vehicles known as structured products, and it is proving hard to sort out the mess.

• 一些款项贷给了不合格的借款者，然后又被捆绑进一种叫做结构化产品的错综复杂的投资工具之中，于是造成了现在难以收拾的烂摊子。