Us Financial Crisis Case

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while giving US' role in pursuing free market philosophy both domestically as well as internationally also highlights how US banking institutions have become harbingers of ‘Mega Banking' model. The case focuses on the role of global banks in increasing the wealth in the world markets. It brings out the role of these banks in the US Financial Crisis and cites the problems with the US financial system. In the light of US Financial Crisis (2008), what should be the alternate strategies? Does this crisis spell a doomsday for global banking superhouses? Wealth maximisation was the axiom that has been driving all the modern day corporations. To realise this ultimate dream, while some companies have simply invented new products and with that new industries, some other companies stuck to the age-old business models, but expanded to new segments. Banking falls into the latter category. Banks from the developed world, especially those from US, expanded their size and scope aided by globalisation and liberalisation. Sure, they have expanded their size and scope, and with that they also have increased their risk exposure. As evident ...
... from the US Financial Crisis, the so called global banks have become vulnerable to changes in any part of the globe.
‘Whatever goes up must come down' is an old cliche and the US Financial Crisis (2008) is an apt manifestation for that. Would anyone have wished for this crisis? No one, really. Could it have been prevented? Not, really. Business cycles are nothing new for any economy. Historically, bust is a natural and ultimate outcome of a boom. Numerous studies have shown that what goes up must come down - may it be stock markets, companies or economies. Why then US Financial Crisis (2008) has engaged (read embroiled) the world and would continue to do so? It is because of the engulfing and cascading role of this crisis. After all, world economy is an interplay between 4Cs: Capital Markets, Commodity Markets, Credit Markets, and Currency Markets.
IBSCDC (www.ibscdc.org) has developed 30 case studies on US Financial Crisis that would enable a reader to understand the causes, the players involved, the effects and the affected, the government's responses, etc. The cases also rise a few scintillating and provoking debates concerning the role of celebrity economists, aggressive investment bankers, laidback regulators and cavernous CEOs. Some of the interesting cases are:

US Financial Crisis: How Far Can the Rating Agencies be Blamed?

US Financial Crisis: Would the Bailout Work?

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