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The euro area crisis, often also referred to as the eurozone crisis, European debt crisis, or European sovereign debt crisis, was a multi-year debt and financial crisis that took place in the European Union (EU) from 2009 until the mid to late 2010s.
2008 financial crisis; Great Recession (worldwide) 2000s energy crisis (2003–2009) oil price bubble; Subprime mortgage crisis (US) (2007–2010) 2000s United States housing bubble and 2000s United States housing market correction (2003–2011) 2008–2010 automotive industry crisis (US) 2008–2011 Icelandic financial crisis; Post-2008 Irish ...
The European sovereign debt crisis resulted from a combination of complex factors, including the globalization of finance; easy credit conditions during the 2002–2008 period that encouraged high-risk lending and borrowing practices; the 2007–2008 financial crisis; international trade imbalances; real-estate bubbles that have since burst ...
The 2008 financial crisis, also known as the global financial crisis, was a major worldwide economic crisis, centered in the United States, which triggered the Great Recession of late 2007 to mid-2009, the most severe downturn since the Wall Street crash of 1929 and Great Depression.
Global financial crisis: 2008-2009. ... 2020, the Dow fell almost 3,000 points, or nearly 13 percent, for its largest point decline ever and largest single-day percentage drop since the 1987 crash.
Ukraine was hit heavy by the economic crisis of 2008, analysts say the plights of Ukraine are slumping steel prices, local banking problems and the cutting of Russian gas supply in January 2009. [131] Key industries such as metallurgy and machine building are laying off workers, and real wages have started to fall for the first time in a decade ...
Swiss bank UBS is set to shell out more than $1.4 billion to settle accusations of “historic” fraud relating to its role in the 2008 financial crisis. The European banking giant has agreed to ...
Iceland fell into an economic depression in 2008 following the collapse of its banking system (see 2008–2011 Icelandic financial crisis). By mid-2012 Iceland is regarded as one of Europe's recovery success stories largely as a result of a currency devaluation that has effectively reduced wages by 50%--making exports more competitive. [129]