Global financial crisis

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Global financial crisis

The Global Financial Crisis - La Crise Financière Mondiale

Quelques verbes
To trigger déclencher
To hit   toucher, frapper
To grant a loan   accorder un prêt
To live on credit   vivre à crédit
To entail   entraîner
To spread s'étendre
To soar   monter en flèche
To rise
(attention verbe intransitif, jamais suivi d'un COD) monter, augmenter
To bail out   renflouer
To sell at auction   vendre aux enchères
To keep garder
To borrow   emprunter
To lend   prêter
To pay back   rembourser
To go bankrupt faire faillite
des adjectifs..

Global   mondial
Economic   économique (ne pas confondre avec economical qui signifie économique, dans le sens de : pas cher)
Booming   prospère
Low / high      bas   /   haut
Weak   faible
Huge   énorme
Risky risqué

On the verge of   au bord de

des noms :

Real estate   l'immobilier
A mortgage   un crédit immobilier
A loan un prêt
A housing loan   un prêt immobilier
A mortgage loan   un crédit immobilier hypothécaire
An interest rate un taux d'intérêt
A fixed rate   un taux fixe
A floating / adjustable rate un taux variable
A prime lending rate   un taux de prêt financier de base
A subprime (lending rate)   un taux de prêt élevé pour prêts à hauts risques
The growth   la croissance
The households   les ménages
A turmoil   un tumulte
Debts   les dettes
The recession   la récession

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When the US economy was and the interest rates were very low , millions of Americans signed for housing . As the interest rates were low, many took on bigger loans for bigger houses. Then, due to a huge demand for , housing prices soared. Some investment banks which saw a big opportunity there, made the usual procedures to get a loan much easier and loans to households with low income or unstable jobs. These loans were granted with very high interest rates. They are called . Then, when the economy began to slow and interest rates began to , people were no longer able to pay back their . A huge began : A famous investment bank, Lehman Brothers, bankrupt and over one million homes were sold at . A rescue package was signed by the US president to stimulate economic . but the financial crisis is spreading and economists say that many countries are now on the verge of .

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