Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/128179 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
CASE Network Studies & Analyses No. 372
Publisher: 
Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE), Warsaw
Abstract: 
This study identifies five distinctive stages of the current global financial crisis: the meltdown of the subprime mortgage market, spillovers into broader credit market, the liquidity crisis epitomized by the fallout of Northern Rock, Bear Stearns with contagion effects on other financial institutions, the commodity price bubble, and the ultimate demise of investment banking in the U.S. Monetary policy responses aimed at stabilizing financial markets are proposed. The study argues that the severity of the crisis is influenced strongly by changeable allocations of global savings, which lead to over-pricing of varied types of assets. The study calls such process a wandering asset-price bubble”. Unstable allocations have elevated market, credit and liquidity risks. Since its original outbreak induced by the demise of the subprime mortgage market and the mortgage-backed securities in the U.S., the crisis has reverberated across other credit areas, structured financial products and global financial institutions.
Subjects: 
subprime mortgage crisis
credit crisis
liquidity crisis
market risk
credit risk
default risk
Level 3 assets
Basel II
JEL: 
G12
G15
G21
G24
Document Type: 
Research Report

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