The European Central Bank has made massive cash injections into the troubled financial market; European leaders meeting in Brussels on 19-20 March agreed on an economic recovery plan of over €400 billion to head-off the crisis and to help the banks.
Satricinājumi ASV hipotēku aizdevumu tirgū kā uguns pārsviedās uz citu valstu finanšu tirgiem, izraisot globālu krīzi, kuras sekas sākām izjust 2007. gada vidū.