The resulting losses on subprime loans and securities eroded the balance
sheets of financial institutions, causing a decline in credit (deleveraging) and a
sharp fall in business and household spending, and therefore in economic activ-
ity. As we saw during the subprime financial crisis, the interaction between hous-
ing prices and the health of financial institutions following the collapse of the
housing price bubble endangered the operation of the financial system as a whole
and had dire consequences for the economy.
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