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Economics For Dummies, 4th Edition
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Economics For Dummies, 4th Edition

by Sean Masaki Flynn
October 2023
Beginner
432 pages
12h 13m
English
For Dummies
Audiobook available
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Chapter 18

Grasping Origins and Effects of Financial Crises

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Understanding that borrowing and debt drive price bubbles and financial crises

Bullet Seeing how rising asset prices feed bubbles by increasing the value of loan collateral

Bullet Examining how popping bubbles can take down the banking system

Bullet Realizing that the post-bubble economy is hamstrung by high debt levels

Bullet Identifying why fiscal and monetary policy don’t work very well after a financial crisis

A financial crisis is a period of economic instability triggered by the failure of one or more major financial institutions to fulfill their promises. For instance, banking crises are triggered when banks fail to honor their legal obligation to redeem deposits on demand. And currency crises are triggered when national central banks break promises to maintain fixed exchange rates.

Financial crises can cause recessions, periods of decline in the total output of goods and services produced by the economy. Please understand, though, ...

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