What happened to interest rates and stock prices during the 2008 Great Recession?
During recession the Bonds became very risky as debt repaying
capacity of companies decreased, hence the interest rates went up
due to increased risk. The yield curve of Treasury bills became
inverted, hence short term interest rates of treasury bills
increased.
Stock Prices fell due to many factors like
1. Lower profits and cash flows of companies
2. Collapse of very important investment banks like Lehmann
Brothers.
3. Lack of liquidity in the market also caused stock prices to
fall
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