Eine globale Finanzkrise mit noch unabsehbaren Auswirkungen für Geldmärkte und Wirtschaft beherrscht die Schlagzeilen der nationalen und internationalen Presse. Auf höchster politischer Ebene werden hektisch Eindämmungsmaßnahmen beschlossen; schwindelerregende Summen sind zur Rettung...

It is now clear that most economists underestimated the widening economic impact of the credit crunch that has shaken American financial markets since at least mid-July. A credit crunch is an economic condition in which loans and investment capital are difficult to obtain; in such a period,...

The ongoing financial crisis so far cost the German financial sector 38 billion Euros due to losses on its mortgage-related subprime bank exposures. This paper looks for the impact of these losses on the real sector of the economy. First, the financial sector is looked at as part of the overall...