Critics however argue that the benefits of this stimulus package will also be temporary and that the contracting economy might need a third stimulus, but it is yet unsure whether the Congress would be able to grant it (Moseley, 2009).
In spite of the efforts implemented by the American Congress, fact remains that the economic crisis was extremely severe and its threats could not have been removed. Paul Mason (2010) for instance agues that the crisis could not have been avoided as it was constructed on three decades of neoliberal policies, which eventually took their tool on individual companies such as Ford, the Wall Street giants, and finally the entire economy and the population.
One particular impact of the economic recession is the lack of liquidities which, ironically enough, only deepens the current economic problems. The occurrence of this liquidity crisis is extremely simple to explain -- the players in the economic community lost their trust and as such investments froze and the liquidities next to disappeared from the market. Stock market investors lost the trust in the companies and strived to sell their shares, rather than purchase new ones. Banks and other financial institutions refused to lend each other money as financial aid because they feared that their competitors would not be able to reimburse the bank loans. Also, in relationship with corporate or individual customers, banks increased their regulation...
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