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The 2008–2014 Spanish financial crisis, also known as the Great Recession in Spain [1] [2] or the Great Spanish Depression, began in 2008 during the global financial crisis. In 2012, it made Spain a late participant in the European sovereign debt crisis when the country was unable to bail out its financial sector and had to apply for a €100 ...
This was the first Eurozone crisis since its creation in 1999. As Samuel Brittan pointed out, [6] Jason Manolopoulos "shows conclusively that the Eurozone is far from an optimum currency area". [7] Niall Ferguson also wrote in 2010 that "the sovereign debt crisis that is unfolding... is a fiscal crisis of the western world". [8]
Between 2009 and 2017 the Greek government debt rose from €300 bn to €318 bn, i.e. by only about 6% (thanks, in part, to the 2012 debt restructuring); [34] [119] however, during the same period, the critical debt-to-GDP ratio shot up from 127% to 179% [34] basically due to the severe GDP drop during the handling of the crisis.
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British credit crisis of 1772–1773 – started in London and Amsterdam, begun by the collapse of the bankers Neal, James, Fordyce, and Down. War of American Independence Financing Crisis (1776) (United States) – The French monarchy went deeply into debt to finance its 1.4 billion livre support for the colonial rebels; Spain invested 700 ...
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The property crash led to a collapse of credit as banks hit by bad debts cut back lending, causing a severe recession. As the economy shrank, government revenue collapsed and government debt began to climb rapidly. By 2010, the country faced severe financial problems and got caught up in the European sovereign debt crisis.
In 1835, the national debt hit a low of $33,733 when Andrew Jackson was president. But the U.S. started borrowing again as the economy entered a recession in 1837.