Question

What triggered the financial crisis of 2008 in the United States?

Answer 1

The financial crisis was primarily caused by deregulation in the financial industry. That permitted banks to engage in hedge fund trading with derivatives. Banks then demanded more mortgages to support the profitable sale of these derivatives. ... That created the financial crisis that led to the Great Recession.

Answer 2

The financial crisis was primarily caused by deregulation in the financial industry. That permitted banks to engage in hedge fund trading with derivatives. b

Banks then demanded more mortgages to support the profitable sale of these derivatives. That created the financial crisis that led to the great recession.