savings and loan crisis

collocation in English

meaningsofsaving,loanandcrisis

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saving
noun
uk
/ˈseɪ.vɪŋ/us
/ˈseɪ.vɪŋ/
the money that you keep in an account in a bank or similar ...
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loan
noun
uk
/ləʊn/us
/loʊn/
an amount of money that is borrowed, often from a bank, and has to be paid back, usually together with an extra amount of money that you have to pay as a charge ...
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crisis
noun
uk
/ˈkraɪ.sɪs/us
/ˈkraɪ.sɪs/
a time of great disagreement, confusion, ...
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(Definition ofsaving,loanandcrisisfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This case is credited with being the first indication of the savings andloancrisisof the 1980s.
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The savings andloancrisisof the 1980s brought the issue to national attention.
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Then the savings andloancrisiswiped out about 90 percent of his holdings, he said.
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However, the savings andloancrisisderailed funding for a new stadium.
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It was created in 1989 as a renamed version of another federal agency (that was faulted for its role in the savings andloancrisis).
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This may have contributed to the end of the real estate boom of the early-to-mid 1980s as well as to the savings andloancrisis.
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Deregulation also precipitated financial fraud - often tied to real estate investments - sometimes on a grand scale, such as the savings andloancrisis.
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Such deposits, combined with risky real estate investments, factored into the savings andloancrisisof the 1980s.
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His goal was to buy up multi-family apartment buildings that were being auctioned off in the governments bailout of the savings andloancrisis.
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This asset liability mismatch was identified as the primary cause of the savings andloancrisis.
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The savings andloancrisisof the 1980s hit the area especially hard.
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He did well during the 1980s real estate boom, but after the advent of the savings andloancrisishis luck took a turn for the worse.
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This loss is attributed to poor investments in the real estate market and was part of the larger savings andloancrisisengulfing the banking industry at the time.
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In prior government service, he was an important member of the team developing the government's response to the savings andloancrisisof the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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