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Failure of a further 451 US "Savings and Loans" mortgage lenders. | Failure of a further 451 US "Savings and Loans" mortgage lenders. | ||
Asian banking crisis [http://www.eastwestcenter.org/fileadmin/stored/pdfs/api078.pdf]. | '''Asian banking crisis''' [http://www.eastwestcenter.org/fileadmin/stored/pdfs/api078.pdf]. | ||
''Basel I'' recommended banking regulations published [http://www.bis.org/publ/bcbsc111.pdf?noframes=1]. | ''''Basel I'''' recommended banking regulations published [http://www.bis.org/publ/bcbsc111.pdf?noframes=1]. | ||
==The year 2007 (summary)== | ==The year 2007 (summary)== | ||
Revision as of 10:06, 25 September 2008
For definitions of the terms shown in italics, see the related articles subpage of the main article.
The 1980s
Financial deregulation In the USA [1], [2], the UK [3].
Savings and Loans crisis - Failure of 296 US "Savings and Loans" mortgage lenders [4]
1987 stock market crash [5]
The 1990s
Failure of a further 451 US "Savings and Loans" mortgage lenders.
Asian banking crisis [6].
'Basel I' recommended banking regulations published [7].
The year 2007 (summary)
US Subprime mortgage crisis [8].
US house prices fall throughout 2007 [9].
Large bank writedowns and losses at Bank of America, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Citigroup and HSBC.
2007
August
American Home Mortgage bankrupt [10].
Collapse of interbank markets
September
UK Northern Rock bank run [11]
The year 2008 (summary)
2008
January
Basel II banking regulation recommendations take effect [12]
US mortgage lender Countrywide sold to Bank of America after its share price drops by 48% [13].
February
British government nationalises Northern Rock bank [14].
August
US Government's Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac rescue [15].
September
7 Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac nationalised [16].
12 Lehman Brothers seek bankruptcy protection [17]
15 US Federal Reserve Bank rescues Bear Stearns bank [18].
17 US government nationalises American Insurance Group [19].
- Russian stockmarket meltdown [20]
- UK's Halifax/Bank of Scotland (HBOS) accepts rescue bid from Lloyds TSB [21].
18 US Treasury and Federal Reserve Bank propose a scheme to take "toxic assets" out of the US banking system [22].
23 US Federal Reserve Bank protects Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley banks[23].