A) Which of the following is NOT included in the set of causes of the 2008 financial crisis:
Fannie and Freddie subprime loans
Federal Reserve low-interest-rate policies
Investment in subprime loans by Wall Street firms
The Bankruptcy of General Motors
The Bankruptcy of General Motors
Explanation: The financial crisis happened mainly because of subprime loans and a very low interest rates by Fed.
A) Which of the following is NOT included in the set of causes of the 2008 financial crisis: Fannie and Freddie subprime...
Which of the following statements is incorrect? A. Government provided explicit guarantees to Freddie and Fannie. B. Many top employees at the U.S. Treasury are from Goldman Sachs. C. Basel regulations pressured banks to use mathematical models to manage their risk. D. Fed’s mathematical models were incapable to predict the last financial crisis.
Which of the following is a reason why the subprime mortgage market expanded significantly over the period 2001-2007? A. Population demographics changed and there were fewer prime borrowers. B. The recession of 2001 resulted in a general decline in credit-worthiness of the population. C. Subprime loan issuers earned large profits making loans and selling them to be packaged into CDOs. D. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac entered conservatorship the government and private companies began issuing mortgage-backed securities. E. all of...
4. The subprime mortgage market The financial crisis started with defaults-borrowers not repaying their loans-on subprime mortgages in the United States. Subprime mortgages have which of the following characteristics? Check all that apply. They have lower overall interest rates than most other mortgages. They are made to people with relatively few assets. They have a higher likelihood of default. Subprime mortgages expanded to about 35% of all mortgages issued in the United States in 2004. which of the following contributed...
1. The key factor(s) in the 2008 financial crisis / housing bubble was Select one: a. Corporate greed b. Lack of regulation of the financial and housing sectors c. Low interest rates and federal intervention in the housing market d. High interest rates 2. According to the video Money for Nothing, which of the following was proposed regarding the post-2008 economic recovery? Select one: a. We may be passing through the "eye of the storm" b. The crisis is over...
41 The money supply is a curve that is typically drawn as a vertical line on the standard money supply - money demand graph that is used in the study of monetary policy. We all know the money supply is only controlled by the Federal Reserve Bank. Conclusion: In the audio visual lecture Professor Torres stated that anytime we see a supply curve drawn as a vertical curve line, then that means that the product or service is 100 percent...
which of the following did not contribute to the 2008 financial crisis a. borrowers b. mortgage lenders c. rating agencies d. the fed e. financial regulators f. the NASDAQ index
1. During the financial crisis of 2008, the prices of U.S. Treasury securities A) rose and the price of corporate bonds declined. B) fell relative to the prices of corporate bonds. C) remained in the same relative position to the prices of corporate bonds. D) were frozen by order of the federal government. 2. Which combination of assets represents the most diversification? A) holding corporate and Treasury bonds B) holding shares of Google and Yahoo C) holding shares of Google...
Please make a 150 word comment for the following topic: Russia's trade policies and exchange rate change and the effect on imports and exports and total output during the 2008 financial crisis. I will give a thumbs up immediately, please cite/give sources. Thank you!
16. The inost severe financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s occurred in which year? A. 1974 B. 1994 C. 2008 D. 2011 17. Which of the following agencies does not regulate the financial markets? A. National Federation of Financial Exchanges (NFFE) B. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) C. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) D. Federal Reserve (The Fed) 18. Whose signature may be on the dollar bill in your pocket? A. Gary Cohen B. Steven Mnuchin C....
6) Financial crises in advanced economies might start from a A) debt deflation. B) currency crisis. C) mismanagement of financial innovations. D) currency mismatch. 7) The most common definition that monetary policymakers use for price stability is A) low and stable deflation. B) an inflation rate of zero percent. C) high and stable inflation. D) low and stable inflation. 8) Monetary policy is considered time-inconsistent because A) of the lag times associated with the implementation of monetary policy and its...