Story: Business cycles

Sub-prime mortgage crisis

In this interview with John Campbell in March 2008, economist Joseph Stiglitz explains that the economic crisis in the United States, triggered by the issuing of sub-prime mortgages, was certain to have effects on the New Zealand economy. It ended a long expansionary phase in the business cycle.

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Viv B. Hall, 'Business cycles - Causes and consequences of fluctuations', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/video/24167/sub-prime-mortgage-crisis (accessed 30 March 2024)

Story by Viv B. Hall, published 11 Mar 2010