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The document summarizes the 2008 subprime crisis. It describes the crisis as starting in the U.S. mortgage industry by approving borrowers for mortgages they could not afford. This led to a rise in bank failures after 2008, including the acquisition of Washington Mutual by JP Morgan Chase. The crisis occurred as mortgage brokers and banks provided risky subprime loans that were repackaged and sold as bonds to investors by investment banks, which spread the financial risks globally. Richard Fuld, the final CEO of Lehman Brothers, oversaw the bankruptcy of the firm in 2008, marking the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history at that point.









