Economics & Personal Finance · Sequence challenge
The Great Recession in sequence
Order eight developments and distinguish financial events, policy responses, and recovery.
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Sequence challenge
Put the story in order.
Order these developments from the housing expansion’s peak to subsequent financial reform.
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- 1
The Fed announces purchases of agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities.
- 2
The U.S. housing-market expansion peaks before residential construction declines.
- 3
Lehman Brothers files for bankruptcy.
- 4
The Dodd–Frank Act introduces major financial regulatory reforms.
- 5
The U.S. economy enters the recession later called the Great Recession.
- 6
The recession ends in the historical business-cycle dating.
- 7
The federal funds target reaches a range of 0–0.25%.
- 8
JPMorgan Chase acquires Bear Stearns with Federal Reserve assistance.
Course connections
Reviewed NC references: EPF.E.2.3
Voluntary national references: 16.H.6
Compare the activity’s scope with your own course requirements. These connections identify practice opportunities; they do not establish full standards mastery or a match for every state.