金融风暴,是指一个国家或几个国家与地区的全部或大部分金融指标(如:短期利率、货币资产、证券、房地产、商业破产数和金融机构倒闭数)的急剧、短暂和超周期的恶化。2008年,百年不遇的美国金融风暴引发世界性的恐慌危机,使全球经济整体增速放缓,通货膨胀压力上升,金融市场动荡,各经济体面临保持增长和通货膨胀的两难抉择。 A financial crisis is a rapid, transient and over-cyclical period in which all or most of the country’s financial indicators (such as short-term interest rates, monetary assets, securities, real estate, commercial bankruptcies and the number of financial institutions collapsed) deterioration. In 2008, the once-in-a-century financial crisis in the United States triggered a worldwide panic crisis that slowed the global economic growth as a whole. As a result, inflationary pressures have risen, financial markets have been in turmoil, and economies are faced with the dilemma of maintaining growth and inflation.