Apocalypse then: The Evolution of the North Atlantic Economy and the Global Crisis
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Summary:
The financial crisis, originated from the collapse of US housing markets in 2008, reverberates around the world. Its destructive force was felt nowhere more keenly than Western Europe. Indeed, it continues to mire in financial volatility as the debt problem contagiously spreads around the periphery Euro area. Taking a wider historical view of the evolution over the recent decades of the North Atlantic economy, comprising North America and Western Europe, we argue that while trade links were in relative stasis, the increasing and uniquely-close Transatlantic financial relationship was a crucial conduit in transmitting US shocks into global ones.
Series:
Working Paper No. 2011/212
Subject:
Banking Bond yields Bonds Commercial banks Financial institutions Financial sector policy and analysis Financial services Investment banking Spillovers
English
Publication Date:
September 1, 2011
ISBN/ISSN:
9781463902308/1018-5941
Stock No:
WPIEA2011212
Pages:
36
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