The Credit Crunch

This financial crisis also referred to as the great recession was triggered by liquidity problems in the United States economy. Many large financial institutions collapsed according to Geczy (2010). The government had to bail out some banks and this resulted in a decrease in the stock and money funds investments in the United States and spread on all across the globe. A report compiled by the U.S Financial Crises Inquiry Commission shows that the infamous global crises could have been avoided. It pointed out that failure in different financial institutions including the Federal Reserve accelerated the crises.

In 2008 America entered a recession and its consequences were severe enough for some people, such as President Barack Obama, to compare the recent crisis to the world’s darkest economic depression in history, the Great Depression. Although the Great Depression and the Great Recession of 2008 hold similarities and differences between the stock market and government spending, political issues, lifestyle changes, and wealth distribution, the Great Depression proved far more detrimental consequences than the Recession. After World War I America became the world’s center for trade. The economic center of the world moved from London, England to New York City, New York, United States of America, and more specifically Wall Street (Buhle, Mari J, Czitzrom, Armitage 848). Due to women, the 1920’s marked economic and social change in America.

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Bonus Paper The Great Recession of 2007-2009 was very harmful to the economy of the United states. Many people lost their jobs and were forced to work at lower wages, so the demand for consumer goods dropped. Homeowners were also hurt because the value of housing and real estate crashed. This decrease in wealth pushed back the retirement age for many people. The financial situation was especially worrisome for my personal household during the Great Recession.

The Stock Market crash caused the Great Depression by making investors and companies losing majority of their money. The stock market crash happened on October 29, 1929 and was caused by the trading and selling of 12.9 million stocks. The Great Depression lasted from 1929 to 1939 and was the worst economic crisis which caused many people to become unemployed, businesses, and banks started to close and fail. Also the depression challenged American people and families by putting them in economic and social issues. Millions of people and families lost their savings and many banks which failed in the duration of the

. As stated by Starr (2011), the recession of 2007-09 inflicted considerable economic hardship on the U.S. population. . A confluence of factors and economic events lead to the US economy falling into a recession that in its severity can only be compared to the Great Depression of 1929. The ranks of unemployment increased by an additional 8 million people between December 2007 and October 2009, with a... ... middle of paper ... ...rdination Group Publications Irons, J.

Policy changes incorporated with the economy are often a major factor. In this case, all roads lead to one major problem: Deregulation. Deregulation originating from the Carter and Regan Administrations, combined with a decrease in consumer spending, and the subprime mortgage bubble all led up to the major recession of 2008. Looking back to the Carter and Reagan Administration’s, you can begin to see where the Recession originated from. Prior to the Reagan administration, the United States economy experienced a decade of rising unemployment and inflation.

Many people today would consider the 2008, United States financial crisis a simple “malfunction” or “mistake”, but it was nothing close to that. Contrary to what many believe, renowned economists and financial advisors regarded the financial crisis of 2007 and 2008 to be the most devastating crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930’s. To make matters worse, the decline in the economy expanded nationwide, resulting in the recession of 2007 to 2009 (Brue). David Einhorn, CEO of GreenHorn Capital, even goes as far as to say "What strikes me the most about the recent credit market crisis is how fast the world is trying to go back to business as usual. In my view, the crisis wasn't an accident.

This paper will discuss the impact of the financial crisis as a result of subprime mortgages. Subprime mortgage is simply defined as loan offered to someone with a weak credit history (Zandi, 2008). Since the 2008 financial crisis had its source in the poor housing policies, low income earners consisting of members of the subprime mortgage were the most affected because of rapid increase in interest rates. ... ... middle of paper ... ...isis Inquiry Report: Final Report of the National Commission on the Causes of the Financial and Economic Crisis in the United States. Washington: Government Printing Office.

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