Timeline: The Financial Crisis as it happened

Once Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy the global financial crisis quickly unfolded. Here's our timeline of events.

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Once Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy the global financial crisis quickly unfolded. Here's our timeline of events.

15 September 2008 - Heavily exposed to the sub-prime mortgage market, Lehman Brothers files for bankruptcy, prompting worldwide financial panic 16 September 2008 - US government bails out AIG. ...

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