دور معدل الفائدة كمعلومة استراتيجية في نشوء أزمة الرهن العقاري

Abstract EN

The global financial crisis of 2008 brought about various implications on the countries forming the world economy.

This crisis was mainly due to the explosion of the so-called Subprime crisis.

This study found a statistically significant relationship between interest rate (TDIR) as an independent variable and the rate of defaults (TDEF) as the dependent variable (the crisis indicator).

This result has been conducted according to Granger causality test methodology .

It was found the interest rate of the FED, according to Granger, explains the default Subprime loans, which led to the mortgage crisis.