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The Great Recession

The Great Recession. Contraction/Recession. Two consecutive quarters of slower economic activity The Great Recession lasted from December 2007 to June 2009 Total of 18 months. Causes of the Great Recession. 1. Housing bubble burst—housing prices fell dramatically

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The Great Recession

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  1. The Great Recession

  2. Contraction/Recession • Two consecutive quarters of slower economic activity • The Great Recession lasted from December 2007 to June 2009 • Total of 18 months

  3. Causes of the Great Recession • 1. Housing bubble burst—housing prices fell dramatically • 2. Defaults on subprime mortgages--$1 trillion outstanding • 3. Exposure to bad mortgages caused financial failures • Bear Stearns rescued • Lehman Brothers—largest bankruptcy in history

  4. Causes of the Great Recession • Other conditions: • Easy credit—low interest rates and easy money policy • Lack of regulation—can’t keep up with new financial instruments (CDS, CDO) • Credit rating agencies • Lack of transparency of banks • TOO MUCH RISK • “moral hazard” • Shadow banking

  5. Causes of the Great Recession • What Does Moral Hazard Mean?The risk that a party to a transaction has not entered into the contract in good faith, has provided misleading information about its assets, liabilities or credit capacity, or has an incentive to take unusual risks in a desperate attempt to earn a profit before the contract settles(investopedia)

  6. Real GDP

  7. Unemployment Rate Bureau of Labor Statistics http://data.bls.gov/pdq/SurveyOutputServlet

  8. Monthly job loss

  9. Money Supply

  10. Money Supply

  11. Interest Rates

  12. Interest Rates

  13. Interest Rates

  14. Inflation and price level

  15. Inflation and price level

  16. Interest rates

  17. Housing starts

  18. Mortgages gone bad

  19. Consumer confidence

  20. Why was this “Great” • Correlations when things changed • Full employment • Government involvement bailouts—GM=$50 B, AIG=$85 B stimulus--$787 B Recovery.gov unemployment benefit extension

  21. Now what? • What should we learn? • Banking • Consumers • Government’s role?

  22. What will you tell your grandchildren about the Great Recession of 2007-2009? Include the business cycle description in your story. Use some statistics to support your story. You can include your opinion about banks, consumers, and the government! If you do any outside research besides the slides, you must cite the source (in the story, i.e. According to the Wall Street Journal on June 10, 2008,…….) Formative grade—10 points.

  23. Point distribution: • 1-3 --you did tell a story, but it was short and sweet without much information • 4-6 –your story had 2 statistics and some information on the conditions of the recession • 7-8 –nice story including 3 statistics and information on conditions and causes • 9-10 –great story including 3 statistics, info on conditions, causes and opinions

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