Discount Coder UK
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
We were watching TV last night and discussing how radically things have changed since 2008 when the credit crunch and banking crisis wrecked what turned out to be a hideously unstable economy. Back then several friends of ours were thinking about buying second properties to let or as a holiday home. And people were buying.
Discount Coder UK
DECEMBER 20, 2013
The British economy seems to have turned a corner at last, five years after the credit crunch and banking crisis hit the headlines and the world we knew imploded. Looking back at the bad old days It’s hard to imagine, these days, how back in 2008 so many people were. What a year it’s been! Seasonal'
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Savings Corner
APRIL 4, 2024
Even as inflation comes down and the Federal Reserve’s tightening cycle looks like it’s about to end , the economy still faces the risk of a recession. Most accounts are government-insured up to $250,000 per account type per bank, so you’ll be compensated even if the financial institution fails.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
FEBRUARY 3, 2013
Hmmmm, in 2008 one of the biggest fears was that credit markets would dry up causing massive restrictions in banks lending to one another and therefore massive refusals to lend money to us. If this particular part of the crisis had not been averted, bank and business failures would have been even more prolific.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JUNE 23, 2011
I graduated from college in 2008 with a degree in Finance. Do you remember 2008? Banks were closing and businesses were struggling (some still are). I had a mindset that I could just cruise through school, grab that diploma, and enter into my field of choice. The opportunity for college grads was at an all-time low.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JUNE 28, 2012
You will have no doubt heard on the TV all the turbulence in the banking sector and in the Eurozone , it seems to have been going on forever. GDP fell by 25% and markets crashed far more than they did in 2008. The truth is financial markets have always had these “panic” events. One striking example is the great depression of 1929.GDP
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
AUGUST 17, 2011
If you want to read up on that stuff, plenty of it was written in 2008 and 2009. I will go to the bank and stockpile some cash. Am I just weird or do some of you also react that way? In fact, my first draft of this article was going to detail just that. Here are a few links. Top Ten Ways to Prepare for a Depression . Why Not Do Both?
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