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The collapse of U.S. housing finance and the banking panic that followed.

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2007–2009

Financial crisis of 2008. The collapse of U.S. housing finance and the banking panic that followed.

Lehman Brothers

Financial crisis of 2008 involved Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, American International Group, the Federal Reserve, the U.S. Treasury, Moody’s, Countrywide Financial and Goldman Sachs.

Financial crisis of 2008 includes Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, Rescue of AIG, Sale of Bear Stearns and Takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Financial crisis of 2008, caused by Mortgage-backed security.

According to the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission.

Bear Stearns

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