The Financial and Economic Crisis Lecture Two: How the crisis affected the US and world economies Mike Kennedy
What’s happening in some individual OECD economies
Risk aversion spiked during the crisis
World risk conditions
Credit conditions affect risk
As does the outlook for activity
House prices (nominal) fell (almost) everywhere
World trade collapsed
The US outlook shows the economy depending on final domestic demand
The effect through balance sheets: housing wealth effects are stronger
The effect through balance sheets: not as problematic as in the US
The effect through balance sheets
Euro debt markets were affected
The euro area is projected to rely on net exports
Europe is in crisis
Swedish (red line) and Finnish (green) long-term interest rates
The world economic outlook: still fragile, especially among OECD economies
Emerging markets get hit through the financial channel
Key emerging markets were affected