Match the sentence halves.

1. In a recession, the economy declines or slows down, there are job

2. Prior to 2008, banks had been giving

3. Following the 2008 economic crisis, many governments had to bail

4. If there wasn’t a credit crunch, banks

5. Shares dropped sharply on the London stock

6. Many students have to take out a student

7. In the last economic

8. When the depression finally came to an end,

9. A downturn is a period in which business activity

10. Buying property is usually considered to be

a) market yesterday following the election results.

b) wouldn’t charge such high interest rates for loans.

c) slows and conditions become worse; also known as a recession.

d) recession, construction stopped completely in some countries.

e) losses and many businesses go bankrupt.

f) the economy recovered quite rapidly.

g) loan and often have huge debts by the end of the course.

h) mortgages to people with poor credit ratings.

i) a good long-term investment.

j) out banks and financial institutions that were considered ‘too big to fail’.