Financial Crisis of 2008 in The United States: A Conceptual Study
Financial Crisis of 2008 in The United States: A Conceptual Study
Financial Crisis of 2008 in The United States: A Conceptual Study
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Antecedents
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Figure 1: Stock Index Down Jone´S Decline and the decline of the STOCK INDEX DOWN JONE´S during the
economic crisis of 2008.
Causes
Figure 2: The Derogation of the Glass-Stegall Act and the changes introduced by the Gramm-Leach-Billey.
Figure 3: Bank Fusions in USA and the different fusions which are introduced in the U.S.A due to the derogation of
the Glass-Stegall act
Figure 4: Selected Assets of Commercial Banks, % Of Total and bank securities investments in three key categories
of bank assets (loans and leases, government securities, and nongovernment securities).
Figure 5: Sub-prime mortgage originations and the rise in sub-prime mortgage originations since 2004.
Figure 6: The securitization process and the securitization process in the context of the crisis of 2008.
Figure 7: National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) housing market index and the fall of a 60% between 2005
to 2009 in the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Housing Market Index.
Table 1:
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Senior
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BBB
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Consequence
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It is an institution which was established during the Great Depression in 1934 in order to insure mortgages on single
family homes, multifamily properties, residential care facilities, and hospitals.
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Legal process in which the Government establish control and oversight of a Company to put in a solvent condition.
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It is a conservator which take all actions necessary to put the companies in a solvent condition, which was established
in July 2008 as GSEs regulator.
Figure 8: Case-Shiller United States Home Price Index (HPI)and the fall of a 19% between 2005 to 2009 of the Case-
Shiller United States Home Price Index (HPI).
Figure 9: Prices of Aaa of Abx Index and the fall of a 30%, 60% and 70%, respectively, between 2007 to 2008 of the
ABX index.
Table 2: Levels of the Affordable Housing Goals for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac since 1996 (Levels of the Affordable
Housing Goals for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac since 1996).
Year
Housing Goals
Special affordable
multifamily
Gain/Loss
($ billions)
Disbursed $ %
Auto
Banks
Market
Totals
Conclusion
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