Financial Crisis And Its Effects On Economic Growth

The outbreak and spread of the financial crisis of 2007-2008 have caused the most of countries into severe economic difficulties and also created an adverse impact on the global economy. The beginning of the financial crisis is defaults in the subprime mortgage market in the USA. Although the global economy seems to recover since 2009, the impacts of the crisis still affect many countries until now. This essay focuses on the background and impacts of financial crisis, and the learning from the movie The Big Short.

The global financial crisis has affected severely on Vietnamese exports. After joining the WTO, Vietnam’s trade has become depend on global

Financial Crisis of 2007-2008 originated in the United States spread to the financial systems of many other countries, including CIS countries, by means of the domino effect. Bankruptcy of one of the largest Americans Bank, Lehman Brothers Holdings PLC, in someway was a launcher of this global crisis the scope of that can be compared with the Great Depression of the 30s of the last century. No one could have even believed that a crisis in the local market of subprime mortgage loans in the USA would have such enormous affect on the financial systems over the world and crash banking sectors of many countries one by one.

The current economic-financial crisis was indeed caused by the simultaneous occurrence of events in different parts of the world that all had a negative effect. These events are subtly different and therefore it is common that only one event is held responsible for the crisis. In reality, the world economy became critical due to the mix of four major events: 1) the unrestrained greed of financiers in the U.S. and U.K., which transformed bad mortgages into toxic financial assets 2) the habit of getting deeply indebted in the U.S. and U.K., 3) the excessive liquidity in Europe, 4) the real estate bubble in the U.S. and some European countries (Thomas, 2011) At the beginning of the financial collapse in the United States, many commentators, among which was the President of the Federal Reserve, hastily affirmed that the situation would only affect the United States and at most, the UK, where the banks,

Since 2003, there are economists warned America  's real estate bubble will burst a year, although this prediction has not fulfilled,however, the occurrence of happen sooner or later. In 2007 August,America sub-prime mortgage crisis broke out suddenly, not only the real estate bubble has finally burst, America also fell into the since twentieth Century 30 the Great Depression of the most serious financial crisis.

In the late 2000s, major countries all across the world experienced a rapid decline in economic activity comparable to that of the Great Depression. The United States’ real estate market collapsing and “large amounts of mortgage-backed securities and derivatives…[losing] significant value” (Investopedia, LLC.) caused this Great Recession. Three wealthy countries, Japan, Germany and the United States, each experienced a distinct reaction to the economic obstacles that arose during the 2000s and continued into the 2010s, thus the three countries responded in varying ways.

The early 1990s exhibited a boom in many economies throughout the world due to factors such as globalization and other trade liberalization practices, but this boom was quickly halted in the latter half of the decade when bad investments nearly sent the entire world into economic turmoil. With the introduction of free trade practices such as the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, the economies of many of the worlds “developing countries” skyrocketed due to an influx of foreign investment. At, first this exponential boom in small countries with emerging economies seemed like it would never end. However, this all changed when investors “caught wind” that these developing countries did not have the means to keep up with the massive inflow of investments. This led to what we know refer to today as the Asian Financial Credit Crisis. In order to understand how to prevent such a disaster from happening again, we must first examine how exactly this event was triggered, and what should have been done differently.

The impact of the financial crisis in 2008 is so far , it has resulted in various industries have revived a shock, even many large companies have been forced into bankruptcy.Inflation is a result of the decline in the quality of life, the weakening of people 's ability to pay. The outbreak of the financial crisis from the United States and then spread to the world,so this essay analyzes the reason of the US financial crisis, it is equally applicable to the countries in the world and take warning,that is the lack of supervision of financial institutions in the United States.

In 1997 the country’s exports were no longer booming and the Thai economy entered a unsafe and unpredictable phase. Foreign investors were skeptical about the current-account deficit and the big loans property developers. Bad debt continued to mount up and the stock market crashed to depths not seen in eight years. This caused the baht to fall prey to speculative attack. High debt, heavy borrowing, large current account deficit, and the semi-fixed exchange rate system all played a part to the Thai crisis.

A financial crisis involves the value of financial institutions or assets dropping rapidly. It is often associated with a panic on the banks causing investors to sell off assets or withdraw money from savings accounts. This is the result of concern that the value of those assets will drop if left at the financial institution. As the crisis intensifies there is a significant change in the amount of risk that world financial markets are willing and able to accept. This results in easy credit conditions becoming a situation of tight credit and is accompanied by reduced consumer and business confidence. According to experts, credit is the most vital piece to a successful economy. Consumers and businesses rely on credit to make large purchases. In recent years, the American economy has experienced the most severe global financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930’s. Unemployment rates rose, and stock and housing markets tumbled. These combined had dramatic effects on American households.

The most recent financial crisis of 2007 was felt throughout the world, and brought about huge economic consequences that are still being felt to this day. Within the United States, the crisis undoubtedly resulted in a surge in poverty and unemployment, a significant drop in consumption, and the loss of trust in the capitalist economic system. Because of globalization, this crisis was felt through the intertwined global markets, affecting underdeveloped countries even more. Historical events from the past have taught us that financial crises such as the one we suffered during 2007 have occurred a vast number of times. From Mexico to Thailand, these financial crises have resulted in contagion worldwide, and have caused governments to

The 2007-2009 financial crisis is generally considered to be the worst since the Great Depression of the 1930s. It famously led to some major financial institutions such as Lehman Brothers to collapse while many others including HBOS and the Royal Bank of Scotland had to be bailed out by the government. The stock market crashed, unemployment escalated and we were plunged into a recession sometimes referred to as the Great Recession. Although the recession is now considered to be over, its effects can still be felt in the form of high rates of unemployment and an incredible rise in our country’s debt. This essay will aim to succinctly and coherently explain what happened during the 2007-2009

Although linked to the "Made in USA" identified, the financial crisis has not stopped in any country in the world. The financial crisis and economic slowdown in the US spread globally through linkages both financially and commercially. Seen in US housing prices soar, foreign banks looking for opportunities to invest in the US housing market, such as through the CMO by the investment banks. As the mortgages backing the securities began to discount the value of the securities themselves began to fall. Seeing their asset prices fall, investors have tried to liquidate their holdings began in August 2007. These assets become frozen due to lack of buyers in the market. When credit becomes scarce and in response to a lack of confidence in US financial institutions, international banks have started to raise interest rates at which they lend money to each other, known as LIBOR. Global economic recession is now the result of the financial crisis originating in the US mortgage market and expand to the rest of the world. The financial crisis has caused the bankruptcy of many banks and financial institutions in the US and around the world. Government through various policies; Financial savings plan, stimulus spending, and active monetary policy to curb the crisis.

The most popularly known subprime mortgage crisis came into lime light when a steep rise in home foreclosures in 2006 spiraled seemingly out of control in 2007, triggering a national financial crisis that went global within the year. The maximum blame is pointed at the lenders who created such problems. It was the lenders who ultimately lent funds to people with poor credit and a high risk of default. When Fed flooded the markets with increasing capital liquidity, its intention was not only to lower interest rates but it also broadly depressed risk premiums as investors sought riskier opportunities to bolster their investment returns. At that point of time, lenders found themselves loaded with capital for lending out and higher willingness to undertake higher risks in a surge to get greater investment returns. To overcome of the financial instability and housing price bubbles, Federal Reserve has to intervene to combat these issues.

The Crisis of 2008 has been the worst financial crisis since the devastating era of the Great Depression. The Crisis of 2008 just like the Great depression left millions of people unemployed, and homeless. After the crisis the causes were viewed like speculation, fragility of the system, and greed of the managers which adversely affected the market.