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Causes of the financial crisis congressional research service summary the current financial crisis began in august 2007, when financial stability replaced inflation as the federal reserves chief. The views expressed in this book are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the. Growth and climate change policies in australia conference, victoria university, melbourne, 15 april 2009. The 2008 global financial crisis originated in the financial markets before gradually spilling over into the real economy through confidence fallout, capital outflows, reducing consumption, and decreasing export demands. Its origin lay in structured investment instruments collateralized debt obligations, synthetic cdos created out of subprime mortgage lending in the united states. At the height of the crisis, between july 2008 and april.
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