Hello. I am trying to undestand the Financial Crisis 2008 and how it began. I watched the Overdose documentary, but I am still a little confused. Could you give me a simple explanation of how the crisis started, please? I would appreciate it if in your explanation, you would include answers in the…

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“The housing bubble could not have arisen without the Federal Reserve. Had people started buying houses at unusually high rates, banks’ loanable funds would have begun to deplete, interest rates would have shot up, and that would have been the end of it. That would have discouraged any additional s…

Financial Crisis 2008 Explanation needed

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John_James December 24, 2012, 4:39pm 3

From The Ultimate Beginner meta-thread:

The 2008 crisis

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Financial Crisis 2008 Explanation needed

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