Consumer credit -- United States.

and the Great Recession that began in 2008. Both featured loose credit, precarious real estate and

, software developers, venture capitalists, hedge fund managers, hardware manufacturers, credit card

. Animal, Plant, and Food Export Certificates; R. Drafts for Payment; S. Letters of Credit; T. Electronic

and Contagion of Credit Risk; 2.3.6 Rating Agencies and Credit Enhancers; 2.4 THE RESPONSES OF

-on effect of the Greek government debt crisis; and international credit rating agencies downgrading the

has led to overly easy credit to state-owned actors. Asia needs investment to improve its

and effects -- The origins of the US financial crisis of 2007 : how a house-price bubble, a credit

Derivatives 5. Market Risk 6. Interest Rate Risk 7. Credit Risk 8. Liquidity Risk 9. Other Risks 10. Financial

-backed securities -- The market for credit-sensitive securitized products -- The market for equity derivatives

sense of the events leading up to the credit crunch of 2007-8 and of the financial catastrophe that

database for this work is constructed in collaboration with Japan's largest credit research company