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The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report
Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission
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Financial crises · 15 September 2008Open article references →
The Collapse of Lehman Brothers
Former Lehman Brothers global headquarters · United States
Why editors use it hereIndependent federal account of housing, leverage, regulation, Lehman decisions, and crisis transmission.
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Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy on 15 September 2008 after losses, leverage, and dependence on short-term funding made the investment bank unable to survive a collapse in confidence.
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Trigger and conditions
After Bear Stearns was rescued in March, investors questioned which firm would fail next.
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Uncertainty
Experts still debate whether the government legally could and practically should have rescued Lehman and how much bankruptcy itself versus underlying fragility caused the panic.
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Why it matters
Lehman shows that a firm's failure can be systemically catastrophic when markets depend on its promises and no credible resolution process exists.
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