Discover how the 2007—2009 subprime meltdown led to a global financial crisis. Learn about its causes, consequences, and impact on the housing market and economy.

The 2008 financial crisis was one of the most devastating financial episodes in modern history. It caused massive job losses, home foreclosures, company closures, and a global recession. Structural ...

Learn how financial contagion spreads economic crises globally, affecting markets and economies at domestic and international levels, and its historical examples.

The Trump administration has ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop nearly all its work, effectively shutting down the agency that was created to protect consumers after the 2008 ...

The finance sector cannot be regulated into perfect safety without forfeiting its profitability. Amid the clutter of market predictions on the internet, one forecast is sure: the United States and the ...