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Jul 3, 2024 · The financial crisis of 2007–08 was a severe contraction of liquidity in global financial markets that originated in the United States as a result of the collapse of the U.S. housing market.
Dec 18, 2023 · What Was the 2008 Great Recession? The Great Recession was the sharp decline in economic activity that started in 2007 and lasted several years, spilling into global economies. It is...
The 2007–2008 financial crisis, or the global financial crisis (GFC), was the most severe worldwide economic crisis since the Great Depression.
Sep 14, 2018 · The warning signs of an epic financial crisis were blinking steadily through 2008—for those who were paying close attention. One clue?
Dec 18, 2023 · Learn more about the causes, the events, and the aftermath of the 2007–2008 financial crisis and the Great Recession that followed it. The economic damage was immense.
Sep 12, 2023 · The lessons of the 2008 financial crisis, which began with the implosion of the subprime mortgage market in the United States, reappeared during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.
Jul 17, 2018 · What really went wrong in the 2008 financial crisis? Martin Wolf on how the crisis marked the end of a consensus for liberalisation. Ben Bernanke (centre), then chairman of the Federal Reserve,...
In 2008 the financial shock was at least as big, but the reaction was smarter and the economic fallout less severe. Five years ago the global financial system seemed on the verge of...
Dec 4, 2017 · Here are some of the most important milestones in a Great Recession timeline of the financial crisis—also known as the 2008 recession—which lasted in the United States from mid-2007 to June...
On 15 September 2008 the investment bank Lehman Brothers collapsed, sending shockwaves through the global financial system and beyond. Visit our timeline to explore the events leading up to Lehman Brothers’ failure and what happened in the weeks that followed.
