It is naive beyond description to think that having blocked this source of financial collapse, you have blocked all possible sources of financial collapse.

Fearing that a financial collapse is imminent, Greek depositors rush for the exit.

Should this happen, growth will collapse, many borrowers will default, and financial chaos could ensue.

First, a floor must be put under the international financial system in order to stop its collapse.

Nevertheless, the 20th anniversary of the collapse of communism is overshadowed by the global financial and economic crisis.

The crash at the end of the opera was a financial collapse in which corrupt bankers were eliminated.

But to save a financial system from collapse requires preventing all banks from failing at the same time.

LONDON Following weeks of financial and economic turmoil, public debate has finally turned to the horrific potential human ramifications of the collapse of the global financial system.

Financial markets, through which investment is made, were always liable to collapse when something happened to disturb business confidence.

For example, long before the financial collapse, experimental economists joined psychologists in attempting to measure varying propensities to greediness.

Indeed, on the surface it seems to be its perfect antithesis the collapse of a wall symbolizing oppression and artificial divisions versus the collapse of a seemingly indestructible and reassuring institution of financial capitalism.

BERKELEY Perhaps the best way to view a financial crisis is to look at it as a collapse in the risk tolerance of investors in private financial markets.

As a result, a mad dash for the exits by investors could no longer cause European financial markets to collapse.

Nitroglycerine addresses the risk of circulatory collapse. In economic terms, that is what was needed following the 2008 global financial crisis.

There is now a serious risk of a systemic meltdown in US financial markets as huge credit and asset bubbles collapse.

The financial collapse of 2007 2009 was the result of a massive mispricing of assets by private banks and ratings agencies.

Monetary policy would be relatively ineffective in reviving the economy, even if still easier money might prevent the financial system s total collapse.

And, unlike the Great Depression, this time the financial system was put on artificial life support, rather than being allowed to collapse.

The collapse of asset bubbles in the 1990 s left Japan s financial system and private sector saddled with a huge debt overhang.

Collapse

In financial markets, an unexpected collapse in real estate securities and design defects in the derivatives and repo markets combined to damage core financial institutions ability make good on their payment obligations.

You design a set of rules that will make sure that the particular reason why the financial system almost collapse can't happen again.

NEW YORK The near complete collapse of financial systems worldwide has exposed fundamental weaknesses in their architecture and in how they are regulated.

In fact, China already experienced the impact of deleveraging late last year, when the European financial system seemed on the brink of collapse.

SOFIA One of the most troubling outcomes of the ongoing financial crisis has been a collapse of trust in democratic institutions and politicians.

After the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008, the global financial system nearly melted down and the world economy went into free fall.

The collapse of Latin America s currency pegs in the financial crises of the 1990 s contributed to a shift in the world s currency paradigm.

He inherited a financial system on the verge of collapse. He was bequeathed an economy in recession and an unemployment rate destined to rise.

This time, China s current account surplus has been shrinking significantly, owing to the global recession caused by the collapse of the US financial bubble.

And because we started this work around the time of the financial collapse, around the time when foreclosures were hitting the news, we said, hhmm, maybe we should actually start in the financial domain.

CHICAGO Three years have now passed since the collapse of Lehman Brothers, which triggered the start of the most acute phase of the 2007 2008 financial crisis. Is the financial world a safer place today?

To minimize the risk of an unruly collapse, it is necessary to approve an international resolution mechanism with authority over all major international financial institutions.

They tell us that the recent financial crisis pales in comparison to the looming ecological credit crunch, which could presage a large scale ecosystem collapse.

Five years from its outbreak, the fallout from the financial crisis and recession triggered by the collapse of the US investment bank Lehman Brothers continues.

It was this system of financial intermediation whose near collapse in 2008 seemed for many to justify the ancient warnings of the perils of indebtedness.

It was not just Lehman Brothers. The entire financial system was totally unprepared to deal with the inevitable collapse of the housing and credit bubbles.

A year after the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008, confidence in the United States financial system had been restored, and recovery had begun.

PRINCETON Since the 2008 financial crisis, most industrial economies have avoided anything like the collapse that occurred during the Great Depression of the 1930 s.

Their financial trust index, based on a large scale survey of financial decision makers in American households, did show a sharp fall in trust in late 2008 and early 2009, following the collapse of Lehman Brothers.

Thus, a dramatic decline in the real economy, following the collapse of the financial house of cards, will have serious consequences for Germany and the EU.

After financial implosions, such as the collapse of the dot com bubble in 2000 or the sub prime meltdown of 2007 8, such views appear arrogant.

Most major countries fiscal deficits nowadays reflect the recent collapse of tax revenues that followed the growth downturn, as well as very costly financial sector bailouts.

Maybe the collapse stems from lousy internal controls in financial firms that, swaddled by implicit government guarantees, lavish their employees with enormous rewards for risky behavior.

The situation in Greece, moreover, has become socially unsustainable Greece is small, but a total collapse there could have very negative financial and psychological effects elsewhere.

Indeed, it is now clear that governments prevented a full scale collapse of the financial system in 2008 by transforming toxic private debt into public debt.