The financial crisis of 2008 was initially caused by problems in the
a. us financial and housing markets.
b. us automotive and insurance markets.
c. global financial and housing markets.
d. global energy and transportation markets.

The correct answer is:  

a. US financial and housing markets.

The global financial crisis of 2008 was the most serious financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s, according to many economists.  

It started in 2007 with a crisis in the subprime mortgage market in the United States and progressed into a full-blown global banking crisis with the downfall of the investment bank Lehman Brothers.  

the underground railroad (apocope of the metropolitan railroad) is a system of urban trains located within a city and its metropolitan area. it is characterized for being a massive transport of passengers in the big cities, uniting diverse zones and their environs, with high capacity and frequency and in segregated form to other systems of transport. metropolitan railroads are built underground or on the surface, although most systems use mixed models where sections are combined in both modalities.

1 - as a result, the metro tends to reduce car travel for two reasons: first, due to the greater transfer of users from the car and, second, due to the reduction in the acquisition of cars in homes located in sectors near the stations of the metro.

2 -the metro allows to contribute effectively to the achievement of all the objectives of an urban development policy: it improves the efficiency of the city's economy by reducing travel costs and also generates a higher level of activities in the city center, taking advantage of of the agglomeration economies.

3 -it is a clean means of transport, since it uses renewable energy (usually electricity), taking care of the environment and avoiding excessive pollution.

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