CAS EC 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Aggregate Demand, Fire Sale, Bear Stearns

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Chapter 20: the financial system: functions a healthy financial system performs, common features of financial crisis, government policies to alleviate or prevent crisis. Common features of financial crises: asset-price booms and busts, financial crises often follow a period of optimism and a speculative asset-price bubble, eventually, optimism turns into pessimism and the bubble bursts, causing asset prices to drop. In the 2008-2009 crisis, the crucial asset was housing: house prices soared until. Insolvencies at financial institutions: falling asset prices cause defaults on bank loans, since banks are highly leveraged, defaults greatly reduce their capital, increasing the risk of insolvencies. In 2008-2009, many banks held mortgages and assets backed by mortgages. Falling house prices sharply increased mortgage defaults, pushing many financial institutions toward bankruptcy: falling confidence. Insolvencies at home banks reduce confidence in others, and individuals with uninsured deposits withdraw their funds: to replace their shrinking reserves, banks must sell assets.

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