Crisis inmobiliaria, recesión y endeudamiento masivo, 2002-2011

The global financial crisis of the first decade of the 21st century had its origin in the creation and diversification of financial instruments backed by mortgages that eventually returned on high risk derivatives. As part of the shocks of the crisis a temporary restriction of credit was one of the main causes of global recession in 2009. However, an over-indebtedness process was extended throughout the developed world, affecting the most vulnerable economies of the European Union with particular virulence. Iceland, Ireland, Portugal. Greece and Spain, are countries where the crisis followed a similar pattern: collapse of the real estate sector, bank failures, its rescue with public funds, over-indebtedness, reduction of the fiscal deficit, unemployment, increased taxes and devaluation of sovereign bonds.