As the Great Recession continues around the world, the central Bank of Korea announces it will purchase 7,000,000,000 “dollars” worth of commercial bank bonds (instrument of debt) to facilitate greater consumer lending.

       [added 7/5/2021]

Subsequent Events:

References:

Subprime crisis impact timeline – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subprime_crisis_impact_timeline

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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