span of the Atlantic lowered their class="cap">‘ Credit interest rates to stimulate Crunch’ is the name given growth in the global economy. to the global crisis that has This resulted in many been affecting the financial credit-unworthy people borrowing markets for the past year. The beyond their means. Debt products crisis is causing many people to were sold in huge numbers to get further into debt – the only people on low incomes and winners appear to be the debt typically these debt products management companies. The crisis were sold at low interest rates, affects everyone – not just those but only for the early part of working in the financial sector, the repayment period. At the end so this article aims to break of the introductory period their down the credit crunch for you interest rates shot up, and into an easily digestible repayments rose dramatically. article. Many people defaulted on their So what exactly is the credit loans, and had their homes crunch?
repossessed. With nothing to
The term ‘credit crunch’ repay the loans with, the banks refers to a condition in the had to simply write-off these global market where money debts, which meant they had a lot borrowing becomes far less easy. less money than they thought
Banks and investors become less
How does this affect the willing to lend money to anyone, European markets?
which drives up the price of debt
European banks bought up the products such as loans, credit sub-prime loans, packaging them cards and mortgages.
into financial products known as
How did it happen?
collateralised debt
Following past crises such as obligations.
9/11, central banks on both sides
Rather than realizing the
return-on-investment they were advice to help them manage their expecting, the packaged debts repayments. With many central have become worthless, and banks ploughing money into the impossible to sell. system, however, the crisis could
How does this affect the rest soon subside, but it’s anyone’s of us?
guess exactly what will happen
The cost of borrowing will next in the credit crunch continue to rise, which means saga.
that interest rates may
The situation in the US can be skyrocket. Only the people with used as an indicator as to what great credit ratings will benefit will happen in Europe. They are from great deals, the rest of us currently experiencing massive will need to tighten our belts or price rises of basic food stuffs prepare for costly debt and fuel. They are also repayments.
experiencing one of the worst
The overall effect of the periods of home repossessions in credit crunch differs depending US on who you speak to. Some say we history.
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