BLOG5 Inside Job: Storyville
In this movie, the financial crisis was caused by $ 120 billion loans which is 10 times the size of Iceland’s economy from the Three Icelandic Banks which gives investors the illusion , but the credit rating agencies in the United States still think Iceland's credit is perfect reached 3A . This points the finger at investors and Banks in the United States and also the cause of the financial crisis in the United States . The first cause of the financial crisis was that financial institutions ignored their own ethics in order to obtain greater profits and lack of accountability . In order to speed up the issuance of subprime loans, some financial institutions deliberately relaxed the examination of the borrowers' qualifications. In addition, in order to gain an advantage in the fierce competition, some financial institutions reached some agreements with real estate developers, where lenders could buy houses with no down payment and everyo...