Collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) are a form of securitization where payments from multiple middle sized and large business loans are pooled together ...

A collateralized debt obligation (CDO) is a type of structured asset-backed security (ABS). Originally developed as instruments for the corporate debt ...

A collateralized loan obligation (CLO) is a single security backed by a pool of debt. CLOs are often corporate loans with low credit ratings or loans taken out ...

A collateralized mortgage obligation (CMO) is a type of complex debt security that repackages and directs the payments of principal and interest from a ...

The housing bubble preceding the crisis was financed with mortgage-backed securities (MBSes) and collateralized debt obligations (CDOs), which initially offered ...

Government policies · Indirect economic effects · Troubled Asset Relief Program

A credit default swap (CDS) is a financial swap agreement that the seller of the CDS will compensate the buyer in the event of a debt default (by the ...

Quantitative easing (QE) is a monetary policy action where a central bank purchases predetermined amounts of government bonds or other financial assets in ...

Quantitative tightening · Liquidity trap · Open market operation

The 2007–2008 financial crisis, or the global financial crisis (GFC), was the most severe worldwide economic crisis since the Great Depression.

Subprime lending · Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers · Toxic asset · Predatory lending

A country's gross government debt (also called public debt, or sovereign debt) is the financial liabilities of the government sector. ... Changes in government ...