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Financial Crisis

302 events in this timeline

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  1. 2008-10-07 October 7, 2008: Icelandic Government Takes Control of Two Local Banks
  2. 2008-10-08 October 8, 2008: Size of AIG Bailout Increased
  3. 2008-10-08 October 8, 2008: Icelandic Government Seizes Country’s Largest Bank
  4. 2008-10-08 October 8, 2008: Britain Uses Anti-Terrorism Legislation against Iceland
  5. 2008-10-10 October 10, 2008: AIG Criticized over Spending
  6. 2008-10-10 October 10, 2008: Republican Vice Presidential Candidate Calls Obama’s Economic Plans ‘Socialist’
  7. 2008-10-15 October 15, 2008: New York Attorney General Announces Probe of AIG
  8. 2008-10-15 October 15, 2008: Iceland Cuts Interest Rates from Record High
  9. 2008-10-20 October 20, 2008: New Banks Formed in Iceland
  10. 2008-10-22 October 22, 2008: AIG Boss Says Bailout May Not Be ‘Enough’
  11. 2008-10-28 October 28, 2008: Icelandic Central Bank Raises Interest Rate
  12. 2008-11-05 November 5-12, 2008: Experts Refute Conservatives’ Characterization of ‘Obama Recession’
  13. 2008-11-07 November 7, 2008: AIG Seeks Modification of Government Bailout
  14. 2008-11-10 November 10, 2008: Size of AIG Bailout Increased, Terms Softened
  15. 2008-11-10 November 10, 2008: New York Federal Reserve Creates Maiden Lane II and Maiden Lane III Holding Companies for AIG Bailouts
  16. 2008-11-10 November 10, 2008: Bloomberg News Sues Bush, Paulson for Failure to Reveal Recipients of $2 Trillion Taxpayer Loans
  17. 2008-11-18 November 18, 2008: Big 3 Auto Industry CEOs Request Urgent $25 Billion Bridge Loan, Testify that Industry Failure Would Be ‘Catastrophic’
  18. 2008-11-20 November 20, 2008: International Monetary Fund Approves Loan to Iceland
  19. 2008-11-25 November 25, 2008: AIG Sets CEO’s Salary at $1
  20. 2008-11-26 November 26, 2008: Icelandic Inflation Hits Record
  21. 2008-11-26 November 26, 2008: British Furniture Retailer Enters Administration, Will Later Collapse
  22. 2008-11-26 November 26, 2008: British Retailer Woolworths Goes into Administration
  23. 2008-11-26 November 26, 2008-January 9, 2009: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Suspend Foreclosures for Six Weeks
  24. 2008-12-01 December 1, 2008: AIG Agrees to Sell Asian Unit
  25. 2008-12-01 December 1, 2008: Analyst Forecasts Financial Industry May Cut $2 Trillion in Credit Card Lines
  26. 2008-12-02 December 2, 2008: AIG and Government Announce Agreement on Toxic Debt
  27. 2008-12-08 December 8, 2008: Conservative Pundits: Mainstream Media ‘Overstating’ Economic Crisis to Help Obama
  28. 2008-12-11 December 11, 2008: AIG Boss Says Company Will Repay ‘Every Single Penny’
  29. 2008-12-11 December 11, 2008: Prominent International Investor Calls Most Big US Banks ‘Totally Bankrupt’
  30. 2008-12-18 December 18, 2008: IMF Says Financial Stability of Iceland Has Improved
  31. 2008-12-22 December 22, 2008: AIG Sells Unit at Steep Discount
  32. 2008-12-31 October 1-December 31, 2008: China’s Growth Slows Sharply in Fourth Quarter 2008
  33. 2009-01-07 January 7, 2009: Washington Post Analyst Criticizes Regulator Nominated to Head Securities and Exchange Commission, Demands ‘Show Trials’
  34. 2009-01-11 January 11, 2009: Singapore Company Acquires Shares in Bank of America through Conversion
  35. 2009-01-20 January 20, 2009: Iceland Predicts Economy Will Contract by Nearly 10 Percent
  36. 2009-01-20 January 20, 2009: Roubini: President Obama Will Have to Use $1 Trillion to Shore Up Banking Sector
  37. 2009-01-21 January 21, 2009: Rating of AIG Unit Downgraded, Government Lending Cut
  38. 2009-01-22 January 22, 2009: Roubini, Parisi-Capone Estimate US Losses of $3.6 Trillion in Loans and Securities
  39. 2009-01-22 January 22, 2009: Losses Widen at Bank of America’s Merrill Lynch; Thain Forced to Quit
  40. 2009-01-23 January 23, 2009: Republican Falsely Claims Stimulus Bill Spends Four Times More on ‘Lawn Grass’ than on Small Business
  41. 2009-01-23 January 23, 2009: Iceland’s Prime Minister Calls Early Election
  42. 2009-01-25 January 25-26, 2009: Conservatives Attack Stimulus Bill for Spending on Contraceptives
  43. 2009-01-26 January 26, 2009: AIG Announces Plans to Sell Fund Management Business
  44. 2009-01-26 January 26, 2009: Government of Iceland Resigns
  45. 2009-01-26 January 26, 2009: British Newspaper Lists 25 of the People at Center of Global Economic Meltdown
  46. 2009-01-28 January 28, 2009: Global Unemployment Could Increase to 51 Million, Says International Labor Organization
  47. 2009-02-01 February 1, 2009: Michigan Investors Stage ‘Commemorative Tea Party’ to Protest Economic Policies
  48. 2009-02-01 February 1, 2009: New Government Formed in Iceland; Prime Minister Says Board of Central Bank Will Be Fired
  49. 2009-02-02 February 2, 2009: Wall Street Journal Editorial Board Member Calls Social Security ‘a Big Ponzi Scheme’
  50. 2009-02-05 February 5, 2009: Republican Leader Equates GOP Strategy with Taliban-Like ‘Insurgency’