Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 56 housing bubble 55 borrowing 52 binge 51 credit crunch 51 budget deficits 50 overspending 50 surpluses 49 deleveraging 49 bailouts 49 deficits 49 recession 48 £ #bn [002] 47 stimulus packages 46 unsustainable 46 debt 46 borrowing costs 46 mortgage defaults 46 hyperinflation 45 interest rates 45 Great Recession 45 boom 45 crisis 45 recessions 45 debts 44 sub prime 44 irresponsibility 44 belt tightening 44 deflationary 44 austerity 43 stagflation 43 inflationary 43 downward spiral 43 deepening recession 43 defaults 43 subprime mortgage crisis 43 moral hazard 43 repayments 42 repossessions 42 trillions 42 bankrupted 42 £ #bn [001] 42 mortgages 42 asset bubbles 42 balance sheets 42 inflation 42 sovereign debt 41 deflation 41 austerity measures 41 disposable income 41 meltdown 41 Great Depression 41 ruinous 41 recessionary 40 deregulation 40 downturn 40 excesses 40 Exchequer 40 defaulting 40 rate hikes 40 bailout 40 bankruptcies 40 deficit 39 spending 39 freefall 39 crises 39 capital inflows 39 subprime lending 39 economy 39 spree 39 taxpayers 39 subprime 39 IOUs 39 devaluation 39 GDP 39 inflationary pressures 39 mortgage 39 quantitative easing 39 bond yields 39 eurozone 38 loan defaults 38 lending 38 £ #.#bn [006] 38 George Osborne 38 Chancellor Alistair Darling 38 highly leveraged 38 subprime mortgage 38 recklessness 38 bubble burst 38 taxpayer 38 structural reforms 38 indebtedness 38 double dip 38 Gordon Brown 38 hubris 38 monetary tightening 38 borrowings 38 gilts 38 retrenchment 37 subprime mortgages 37 € #bn [001] 37 ballooning