<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishMfano wa mkopo wa subprime ambao ulipatikana katika mwaka 1998 ulifikia kiwango cha chini kabisa na kiwango cha chini kabisa katika mwaka 1998.  <response>: But the series of subprime loans that took them down what he calls the slippery slope date to 1998, when he was 82. 