In 2008, at the start of the financial crisis, Freddie Mac, along with its sister company Fannie Mae, was on the hook for piles and piles of unwise mortgage loans, and had to be bailed out by the government. (fortune.com)
Lending data for September, which were published earlier Thursday, are also likely strengthen the ECB «s confidence, as they showed bank credit to Eurozone companies and households growing at the fastest pace since the start of the financial crisis. (fortune.com)
Since the start of the financial crisis in 2007, the Fed has more than tripled the size of its balance sheet from $ 897 billion to $ 2.87 trillion today. (thinkadvisor.com)