Causes and Consequences of Current Economic Crisis

Cristina Teodora Balaceanu and Cosmin Stoica
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Cosmin Stoica: "Dimitrie Cantemir" Christian University

Knowledge Horizons - Economics, 2012, vol. 4, issue 1-2, 63-69

Abstract: The recent market instability was caused by many factors, chief among them a dramatic change in the ability to create new lines of credit, which dried up the flow of money and slowed new economic growth and the buying and selling of assets. This hurt individuals, businesses, and financial institutions hard, and many financial institutions were left holding mortgage backed assets that had dropped precipitously in value and weren’t bringing in the amount of money needed to pay for the loans. This dried up their reserve cash and restricted their credit and ability to make new loans. The current financial crisis, which began in the U.S., then spread to Europe, has now become global. Even emerging markets and less developed countries that managed their economy well, resisted the bad lending practices, held high levels of foreign exchange reserves, did not purchase toxic mortgages, and did not allow their banks to engage in excessive risk taking through derivatives are likely to become embroiled and to suffer as a result.

Keywords: Economic crisis; economic policy; economic behavior (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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