The financial crisis inquiry report : final report of the National Commission on the Causes of the Financial and Economic Crisis in the United States /

Examines the causes of the financial crisis that began in 2008 and reveals the weaknesses found in financial regulation, excessive borrowing, and breaches in accountability.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: United States. Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Public Affairs, 2011.
Edition:Authorized edition.
Subjects:
2008-2009
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.
Financial crises > United States.
Subprime mortgage loans > United States.
Mortgage-backed securities.
Bank investments.
Crise financière mondiale, 2008-2009.
Prêts hypothécaires à risque > États-Unis.
Titres hypothécaires.
Banques > Investissements.
Bank investments
Economic history
Financial crises
Mortgage-backed securities
Subprime mortgage loans
United States > Economic conditions.
États-Unis > Conditions économiques.
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • PART I : CRISIS ON THE HORIZON: Before our very eyes
  • PART II : SETTING THE STAGE: Shadow banking
  • Securitization and derivatives
  • Deregulation redux
  • Subprime lending
  • PART III : THE BOOM AND BUST: Credit expansion
  • The mortgage machine
  • The CDO machine
  • All in the madness
  • The bust
  • PART IV : THE UNRAVELING: Early : spreading subprime worries
  • Summer 20007 : disruptions in funding
  • Late 2007 to early 2008 : billions in subprime losses
  • March 2008 : the fall of Bear Stearns
  • March to August 2008 : systemic risk concerns
  • September 2008 : the takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
  • September 2008 : the bankruptcy of Lehman
  • September 2008 : the bailout of AIG
  • Crisis and panic
  • PART V : THE AFTERSHOCKS: The economic fallout
  • The foreclosure crisis
  • DISSENTING VIEWS: Dissenting statement / Keith Hennessey, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Bill Thomas
  • Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission dissenting statement / Peter J. Wallison.

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