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2008 financial crisis: Applications & Measurement

A major worldwide financial crisis centered in the United States took place in 2008. The causes included excessive speculation on property values by both homeowners and financial institutions, leading to the 2000s United States housing bubble. This was exacerbated by predatory lending for subprime mortgages and by deficiencies in regulation. Austrian…

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2008 financial crisis topic overview

The analysis highlights Applications and Measurement as prominent areas in the source structure around 2008 financial crisis. 1 topic appears in more than one source area, which can help identify connections that are less obvious in a linear reading.

Related topics
460
Source areas
8
Connected nodes
469
Extracted relationships
41
Related term clusters
160
Bridge connections
469

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Timeline · 134 topics
Causes · 131 topics
Overview · 85 topics
Background · 39 topics
Notable books and films · 25 topics
Prediction by economists · 25 topics
IndyMac · 21 topics
Federal actions towards the crisis · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

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Overview

Background

Timeline

Federal actions towards the crisis

Causes

Prediction by economists

IndyMac

Notable books and films

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How 2008 financial crisis connects Entity context

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Important terminology

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Important terminology

financial crisis 2008 mortgage credit 2007 bank banks federal loans market housing 2009 mortgages institutions capital united states assets indymac

2008 financial crisis relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 41 structured relationships around 2008 financial crisis. Examples in this analysis include Fannie Mae → instance of → compounded by the moral hazard created by government-backed entities and investment banking → instance of → with higher-risk operations. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Fannie Maeinstance ofcompounded by the moral hazard created by government-backed entities0.80text
Freddie Macinstance ofcompounded by the moral hazard created by government-backed entities0.80text
investment bankinginstance ofwith higher-risk operations0.80text
proprietary tradinginstance ofwith higher-risk operations0.80text
mortgage-backed securitiesinstance ofMany financial institutions owned investments whose value was based on home mortgages0.80text
or credit derivatives used to insure them against failureinstance ofMany financial institutions owned investments whose value was based on home mortgages0.80text
which declined in value significantlyinstance ofMany financial institutions owned investments whose value was based on home mortgages0.80text
credit default swaps also increased the linkage between large financial institutionsinstance ofDerivatives0.80text
investing in emerging marketsinstance ofsome banks instead spent some of the stimulus money in more profitable areas0.80text
foreign currencies.In July 2010instance ofsome banks instead spent some of the stimulus money in more profitable areas0.80text
the Doddinstance ofsome banks instead spent some of the stimulus money in more profitable areas0.80text
that of Raj Rajaratnaminstance ofincluding high-profile insider trading prosecutions0.80text

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around 2008 financial crisis bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Financial, Institutions and System. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • 2008 financial crisis
    • Financial
    • Institutions
    • System
    • Markets
    • States
    • United
    • Banks
    • Housing
    • Credit
    • Risk
    • Banking
    • Many
  • 2008 financial crisis
    • Financial
    • Institutions
    • System
    • Markets
    • States
    • United
    • Bank
    • Banks
    • Housing
    • Credit
    • Risk
    • Banking
  • financial crisis
    • Financial
    • Institutions
    • System
    • Markets
    • States
    • United
    • Bank
    • Banks
    • Housing
    • Credit
    • Risk
    • Banking
  • financial institutions
    • Institutions
    • System
    • Markets
    • Banking
    • States
    • United
    • Banks
    • Loans
    • Housing
    • Credit
    • Debt
    • Risk
  • 2000s united states housing bubble
    • States
    • United
    • Prices
    • Housing
    • Crisis
    • Banking
    • Bank
    • Financial
    • Mortgage
    • Subprime
    • System
    • Market
  • predatory lending
    • Subprime
    • Federal
    • Loans
    • Also
    • System
    • Credit
    • Funds
    • Mortgage
    • Bank
    • Banks
    • Banking
    • Government
  • subprime mortgages
    • Subprime
    • Loans
    • Mortgage
    • Securities
    • Billion
    • Banks
    • Many
    • United
    • Debt
    • States
    • Risk
    • System
  • federal reserve
    • Reserve
    • September
    • Funds
    • Markets
    • Market
    • Lending
    • Banks
    • Government
    • System
    • Institutions
    • States
    • Housing

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For 2008 financial crisis, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects 2008 financial crisis with Timeline. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
2008 financial crisis — Timeline · splits 335 ⟂ 135
2008 financial crisis — Causes · splits 338 ⟂ 132
2008 financial crisis — Overview · splits 384 ⟂ 86
2008 financial crisis — Background · splits 430 ⟂ 40
2008 financial crisis — Prediction by economists · splits 444 ⟂ 26
2008 financial crisis — Notable books and films · splits 444 ⟂ 26
2008 financial crisis — IndyMac · splits 448 ⟂ 22

Map overview Semantic statistics

2008 financial crisis

Nodes470
Edges469
Triples41
Avg. degree2
Density0.004255
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around 2008 financial crisis to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Applications & Measurement, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — 2008 financial crisis · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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