The financial crisis of 2008 originated as a result of ________

A. the collapse of financial institutions in Western Europe
B. banks holding bad mortgages in the United States' mortgage market
C. Eastern Europe's foreign debt to the United States and Western Europe
D. the United States' high defense spending


Answer: B

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