The U.S. Recovery from the Great Recession: A Story of Debt and Deleveraging

Brady Lavender and Nicolas Parent
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Nicolas Parent: Bank of Canada, https://www.bankofcanada.ca/

Bank of Canada Review, 2012, vol. 2012-2013, issue Winter, 13-26

Abstract: The U.S. recovery from the Great Recession has been slow relative to other postwar-era recoveries in the United States. Encouraged by loose lending standards in the pre-crisis period, U.S. households took on unsustainable amounts of debt, making them vulnerable to adverse shocks. Subsequently, a considerable drop in asset prices forced households to repair their balance sheets. While there has been progress in household deleveraging, the government sector now needs to delever, which will restrain growth over the next few years.

Date: 2012
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