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2008 Financial Crisis – Causes and historical context

Tom Spencer

Many an economics and finance course later, I see that the layers of complexities to the 2008 financial crisis are innumerable. I’ll try to summarize some of the causes and historical contexts in this article to provide a greater-than-Big-Short level analysis. We were shocked, how could no one have seen the collapse coming?

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Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market; Will QE Cause Inflation?

MishTalk

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Balanced Budget Ammendment Sign the Balanced Budget Petition. Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market; Will QE Cause Inflation? Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market. Dollar Collapse News on the Dollar's Death Spiral. Urban Digs. Zero Hedge.

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The age old tale of financial crises

Tom Spencer

The story of the 2008 financial crisis begins somewhere shortly after the death of Jesus Christ himself. The 2008 financial crisis saw Ben Bernanke, the then chairman of the Federal Reserve, providing money to banks across the United States following the collapse of the housing market and subsequent defaults of mortgage backed securities.

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Start of a Global Currency Crisis?

MishTalk

The Indonesian rupiah has basically crashed, the South African Rand and the Brazilian real have fallen to their weakest levels since the 2008/9 crisis sell-off, and even the Canadian and Australian dollar look a bit frayed around the edges these days. US Dollar Since mid-2008 the Lira collapsed from 1.03

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Persistent Overoptimism Three Ways: Truckers, Fed Economists, Manufacturers

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Since then, I have seen a couple articles regarding overoptimism at the Fed and overoptimism in trucking. Overoptimism 2008-2010 The SEP growth forecast for 2008 never turned negative. The actual growth rate for 2008 turned out to be –2.8%—the The actual growth rate for 2008 turned out to be –2.8%—the

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BIS Slams the Fed; Ridiculous Question of the Day: "Is The Fed Going To Attempt A Controlled Collapse?"

MishTalk

Earlier today, reader Charles asked me what I thought about an article on ZeroHedge entitled " Is The Fed Going To Attempt A Controlled Collapse? " Historical evidence shows that this rarely happens following a balance sheet recession. This would require the growth rate to exceed the pre-crisis average for several years.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Michael Pettis on the China.

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Balanced Budget Ammendment Sign the Balanced Budget Petition. the country’s balance sheet, and this will mean not a collapse but. December 2008 (85). November 2008 (78). October 2008 (108). September 2008 (140).