Long before the 2008 financial crisis, which country suffered a banking crash after years of easy credit, soaring property prices and reckless lending?

  • Sweden 136 votes (24.5%)
  • Japan 192 votes (34.5%)
  • Spain 84 votes (15.1%)
  • Argentina 144 votes (25.9%)

Total votes: 556

Answer: A — Sweden.

Explanation: In the late 1980s, Sweden deregulated credit and experienced a lending and property boom. When the bubble burst in the early 1990s, property prices fell, banks suffered huge losses and the government had to intervene to stabilise the financial system.