History Replay
Housing Bubble & 2008 Financial Crisis
Easy credit inflated a housing bubble. When it burst, the 2008 financial crisis caused the deepest recession since the 1930s.
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Gray bands = official recessions (NBER). Orange dots = key events. Stepped lines are annual averages. Data sources
🌍 Global context: the world’s largest economies
Gross domestic product in current U.S. dollars, 1960–2023 (World Bank). The orange line follows the year you are replaying. Click a country to show or hide it.