| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Financial shock to financial panic -- Bank bailout -- Outside the monetary box -- As GM goes, so goes the economy -- Stimulus is not a dirty word -- The foreclosure fiasco -- Fixing the financial pipes -- The fallout -- Getting our groove back -- Don't bet against the United States. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Only a few years ago, the U.S. financial system and economy were near collapse. Global financial institutions teetered and fell, while at once-mighty U.S. companies, panicked CEOs slashed jobs. The financial chaos inflicted catastrophic damage: double-digit unemployment; crashing house and stock prices; federal budget deficits in the trillions, and a wider gap between the country's haves and have-nots. Today many Americans still feel shell-shocked. But while there remains much to be nervous and frustrated about, it is impressive how much progress has been made in righting the wrongs that got us into this mess. The economy is growing and steadily creating jobs; house prices are stable and stock prices are up; debt burdens have eased for most households and the financial system has shored up its foundations to an impressive degree. American companies are as competitive globally as they have been in a half century. This dramatic turn in the economy's fortunes occurred because of what government did to stem the financial panic and combat the effects of Great Recession. Policymakers' unprecedented actions - from Congress' auto and bank bailouts and fiscal stimulus, to the Federal Reserve's zero interest rates and quantitative easing - remain intensely controversial, but ultimately they will be judged a success. Serious problems remain, including the government's mounting debt load and a burgeoning number of disenfranchised workers, but we are on our way to addressing them. Our economic future has arguably never been brighter. |
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Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.
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United States -- Economic policy -- 2009-
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Financial institutions -- United States -- Management.
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Economic stabilization -- International cooperation.
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Crise financière mondiale, 2008-2009. |
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Institutions financières -- États-Unis -- Gestion. |
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Stabilisation économique -- Coopération internationale. |
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Economic policy |
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Economic stabilization -- International cooperation |
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Financial institutions -- Management |
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United States |
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Global Financial Crisis (2008-2009) |
| Chronological Term |
Since 2008 |
| Added Title |
Ending the Great Recession and beginning a new American century |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Zandi, Mark M. Paying the price 9780137047987 (DLC) 2012028624 (OCoLC)503049541 |
| ISBN |
9780132180207 |
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0132180200 |
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