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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. Once the housing market began to collapse, mortgages defaulted, and MBS began to fail. We were shocked, how could no one have seen the collapse coming? It all seemed so clear.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Reader Question: Does the.

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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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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: China Manufacturing.

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Persistent Overoptimism Three Ways: Truckers, Fed Economists, Manufacturers

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Of course, there is also persistent overoptimism about earnings growth and stock market expectations. Operating revenue decreased 15.9 In November 2007, the Federal Open Market Committee began releasing projections for real GDP growth four times per year in its Summary of Economic Projections (SEP). percent to $182.5

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

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The BIS slam, coupled with a recent stock market selloff, brought up debate on a " controlled collapse ". Over the past few years, non-financial corporations in a number of EMEs have borrowed heavily through their foreign affiliates in the capital markets, with the debt denominated mainly in foreign currency.

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Oil’s Boom-and-Bust Cycle May Be Over. Here’s Why

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Unlike national oil companies and oil majors that typically take five to 10 years to develop conventional oil reserves, these independent and “unconventional” players have improved their drilling and fracturing technology to the point where they can respond within months to temporary spikes or dips in the market. The soaring U.S.