It also would largely undo a 2005 law that was backed by… The package of rules will ease restrictions imposed on banks following the 2008 financial crisis, giving a victory to the banking ...

Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images The financial crisis of 2008, often called the Great Financial Crisis, caused a contraction of liquidity in global financial markets. It originated in the United ...

with many economists dubbing it a global financial crisis. The U.S. is often regarded as a safe investment destination, and when stock and bond prices there dropped precipitously in late 2008 ...