A man looks worried as the stock market crumbles. ©BELGA/EPA/DAI KUROKAWA ABC guide to the financial crisis Navigate your way around financial terms The financial crisis that erupted in late 2008 with the demise of Lehman Brothers, a US investment bank, has spread all over the world, developing into the most serious economic slump since the Great Depression of 1930s.
©BELGA/EPA/DAI KUROKAWA Finanšu krīze, kas uzliesmoja 2008.gada beigās, sabrūkot ASV investīciju bankai Lehman Brothers, pārņēma visu pasauli, pārvēršoties par ievērojamāko ekonomikas lejupslīdi kopš Lielās depresijas 1930.gados.