Today, In this article, I'm gonna explain you everything you need to know 'bout the Great Recession! So lets start the explanation.... So, it is the Year 2001. & the Dot Com Bubble have bursted recently.... So no one was really willing to invest in Share Market during that time & neither were the investors willing to keep their money in the Banks; that was because the interest rates were too low, during that time.... to be exact the interest rates were around 1%, during that time. So investors were in a search of a new profitable investment opportunity. Banks were giving loans to people (home loans to he specific) & 'cuz the interest rates were low.... people were willing to take loans (as they had to pay low in interest). Which means that there were mortgages, basically! You know mortgages, Its basically a document in which the borrower agrees to pay the money they've borrowed.... to the lender on time with interest. So its kind of free money