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- Drug money saved banks in global crisis http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2009/dec/13/drug-money-banks-saved-un-cfief-claims 9 comments
- Video Shows Tanks Protecting Crisis-Hit Banks In China, Internet Says "History Repeats Itself" https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/video-shows-tanks-protecting-crisis-hit-banks-in-china-internet-says-history-repeats-itself-3175812/amp/1 38 comments worldnews
- 2023 Banking Crisis: Old World vs New World https://dematerialzd.substack.com/p/2023-banking-crisis-old-world-vs 6 comments cryptocurrency
- Laboratory Greece (2019) - The documentary examines Greece's economic and financial crisis. The debt repayment program, which the IMF, ECB and European Commission implemented on Greece. Over 95% of the resources intended to "save" Greece ended up in the hands of national and international banks. https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/laboratory-greece-2019/ 18 comments greece
- The global economy is heading for its worst year since the financial crisis, Bank of America says https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/27/worlds-economic-growth-could-be-worst-since-financial-crisis-bank-of-america-says.html 222 comments worldnews
- Millennials' pay 'scarred' by bank crisis https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47106711 7 comments worldnews
- Selloff rocks Italy, central bank raises alarm over political crisis https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-politics/selloff-rocks-italy-central-bank-raises-alarm-over-political-crisis-iduskcn1iu18i 3 comments worldnews
- Senate passes rollback of Dodd-Frank banking rules put in place after 2008 financial crisis https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/03/14/senate-passes-rollback-of-dodd-frank-banking-rules-put-in-place-after-2008-financial-crisis/ 12 comments politics
- In the years leading up to the 2008 crisis, who exactly gave homeowners the subprime loans, then proceeded to sell them to the large investment banks? https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/4y4nlb/in_the_years_leading_up_to_the_2008_crisis_who/ 30 comments investing
- Five major banks fail bailout test, would need taxpayer money in crisis http://www.housingwire.com/articles/36781-five-major-banks-fail-bailout-test-would-need-taxpayer-money-in-crisis 3 comments politics
- Fed lent banks nearly $8 trillion during crisis, report shows. http://bottomline.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/28/9067808-fed-lent-banks-nearly-8-trillion-during-crisis-report-shows 11 comments politics
- U.S. provided a whopping $16 trillion in secret loans to bail out American and foreign banks and businesses during the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. redditards say: it was all paid back. lol http://sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/news/?id=9e2a4ea8-6e73-4be2-a753-62060dcbb3c3 3 comments reddit.com
- Banks that received federal assistance during the financial crisis reduced lending more aggressively and gave bigger pay raises to employees than institutions that didn’t get aid. http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20100422/1atarp22_st.art.htm 7 comments economy
- The ultimate collapse of the modern financial system? Eurodollar, Current and the late 2019 Repo crisis and Deutsche bank going bust https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/fezfqi/the_ultimate_collapse_of_the_modern_financial/ 90 comments wallstreetbets
- World Bank warns trade tensions could cause 2008-level crisis https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jun/05/world-bank-warns-us-trade-war-could-cause-2008-level-crisis 18 comments politics
- Congress passes rollback of banking rules put in place after financial crisis, sending bill to Trump to sign https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/05/22/congress-passes-rollback-of-banking-rules-put-in-place-after-financial-crisis-sending-bill-to-trump-to-sign/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.124a74013a9b 4 comments politics
- Shipping crisis puts German banks under pressure: German banks maintain around $100 billion in shipping loans, a quarter of the world's total. http://www.dw.com/en/shipping-crisis-puts-german-banks-under-pressure/a-37230991 5 comments worldnews
- Greek Crisis: Goldman Sachs could be sued for helping hide debts when it joined Euro; A leading adviser to debt-riven countries has offered to help Athens recover some of the vast profits made by the investment bank http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/greek-debt-crisis-goldman-sachs-could-be-sued-for-helping-country-hide-debts-when-it-joined-euro-10381926.html 13 comments economy
- Gaza economy 'on verge of collapse', with world's highest unemployment - World Bank report says Israeli blockades, war and poor governance have left 43% of people out of work & the strip facing dangerous financial crisis http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/22/gazas-economy-on-verge-of-collapse-jobless-rate-highest-in-world-israel 374 comments worldnews
- China's shadow banking crisis is, by some measures, a ticking time bomb that threatens its economy and the rest of the world. http://news.investors.com/economy/080414-711692-chinese-regulators-are-curbing-shadow-lending.htm?p=full 12 comments economy
- IMF chief says banks haven't changed since financial crisis. Still resisting reform and taking excessive risks. http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/may/27/imf-chief-lagarde-bankers-ethics-risks 211 comments worldnews
- Stephen Harper in favour of mechanism allowing Canadian banks to seize depositors' funds in the event of another bank crisis. http://thetyee.ca/opinion/2013/12/18/should-account-holders-pay-for-high-flying-bankers-mistakes/ 98 comments worldnews
- "The federal judge who oversaw the recent civil fraud trial against Bank of America Corp criticized the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday [12 November 2013] for failing to prosecute high-level executives over the financial crisis." http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/13/financial-judge-idusl2n0ix1b620131113 154 comments politics
- The 2005 Bankruptcy Bill: Knowing a Financial Crisis Was Imminent, Banks Lobbied Government to Pass Laws to Preserve Their Wealth http://chycho.blogspot.ca/2013/08/the-2005-bankruptcy-bill-knowing.html 5 comments economy
- Big Banks and D.C. Politicians Doing the EXACT SAME THINGS Which Caused the Financial Crisis In the First Place http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/04/big-banks-and-d-c-politicians-doing-the-exact-same-things-which-caused-the-financial-crisis-in-the-first-place.html 14 comments economy
- European leaders are warning that applying the Cypriot bailout model — a levy on bank deposits — to other crisis-plagued countries could lead to a flight of investors from Europe. But the EU is considering the option anyway. http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/luxembourg-warns-of-investor-flight-from-europe-a-891672.html 21 comments worldnews
- China Shadow Banking Crisis Could Dwarf Subprime Meltdown or Greek Debt Debacle http://www.investorplace.com/2011/10/china-shadow-banking-crisis-could-dwarf-subprime-meltdown-or-greek-debt-debacle/ 3 comments economy
- "The banking crisis was caused by doing what no society ever allows: Permitting young males to behave in an unregulated way. Anyone who studied neurobiology would have predicted disaster."—Sheelan Kolhatkar, "What If Women Ran Wall Street?" http://nymag.com/news/businessfinance/64950/?imw=y&f=most-viewed-24h5 5 comments politics
- The Good Rabbi forced to resign over City protest. The rabbi of Britain's oldest synagogue has stood down after a row over his part in a demonstration against the role of banks in the financial crisis. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8311904.stm 4 comments worldnews
- A congressional panel overseeing the U.S. financial rescue suggested that getting rid of top executives and liquidating problem banks may be a better way to solve the economic crisis. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ajj_mkiv9vva 9 comments economy
- China Sinks Into Crisis — The People’s Bank of China Decides on a Surprise Rate Cut. The CCP’s growth targets for 2022 will not be met. https://ssaurel.medium.com/china-sinks-into-crisis-the-peoples-bank-of-china-decides-on-a-surprise-rate-cut-54ea95b9d87c 34 comments china
- EU finance ministers have failed to agree on how to rescue troubled banks in any future crisis "Countries were divided on whether the Cyprus rescue should be a template for future bailouts, or whether losses be limited to banks' creditors." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23020056 3 comments europe
- Where the Bank Bailout Went Wrong:the bailout package only benefited big banks, which are now 20 percent larger than they were before the crisis. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/30/opinion/30barofsky.html?ref=todayspaper# 24 comments economy
- Banks across the world fixed interest rates in run-up to the financial crisis, says former Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/bob-diamond-banks-across-the-world-were-fixing-interest-rates-in-runup-to-the-financial-crisis-16181211.html 691 comments worldnews
- The Federal Reserve boosted its lending to commercial banks and investment firms over the past week, indicating that a severe credit crisis was still squeezing the financial system. http://www.yahoo.com/s/994488 6 comments worldnews
- Could office blocks be the next big casualty of the banking crisis? https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/mar/27/office-blocks-banking-crisis-interest-rates-commercial-property 9 comments economy
- Global markets are poised for more volatility next week with key economic data from China expected to show that the world's second-largest economy continues to grow at its slowest pace since the financial crisis, despite aggressive measures taken by the central bank to boost growth. http://www.cnbc.com/2016/01/15/buckle-your-seatbelts-china-could-rock-markets-next-week.html 5 comments worldnews
- Citing $69 Trillion Price Tag by 2100, Moody's Warns Central Banks of Far-Reaching Economic Damage of Climate Crisis. "There is no denying it: The longer we wait to take bold action to curb emissions, the higher the costs will be for all of us." https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/07/03/citing-69-trillion-price-tag-2100-moodys-warns-central-banks-far-reaching-economic 225 comments worldnews
- Dennis Kucinich introduced legislation which changes a corrupt private money system using bank credit for money, into a sustainable and just system based on using government created money: The National Employment Emergency Defense Act ("NEED") HR 6550 would solve the unemployment crisis... http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h111-6550 4 comments politics
- German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in a rare public rebuke of central banks, suggested the European Central Bank and its counterparts in the U.S. and Britain have gone too far in fighting the financial crisis and may be laying the groundwork for another financial blowup http://online.wsj.com/article/sb124398546796379239.html 7 comments business