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Some reasons for the recent US crisis are

1. The US real estate market crash - People thought that the real estate prices in US would never come down. but when it did, it brought the whole economy with it

2. The subprime mortgage loans - Loans were given to people with bad credit history.

3. Subprime Mortgage Backed securities - The derivative products produced by investment banks that cast the spell of doom on them. Example lehmann..

4. Credit Default Swaps - Insurance obligations that were created to save investment banks from loan defaults. This caused the insurance companies get into trouble. example AIG

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