The bursting of the U.S. (United States) housing bubble, which peaked in 2004, caused the values of securities tied to U.S. real estate pricing to plummet, damaging financial institutions globally. The financial crisis was triggered by a complex interplay of policies that encouraged home ownership, providing easier access to loans for subprime borrowers, overvaluation of bundled subprime mortgages based on the theory that housing prices would continue to escalate, questionable trading practices on behalf of both buyers and sellers, compensation structures that prioritize short-term deal flow over long-term value creation, and a lack of adequate capital holdings from banks and insurance companies to back the financial commitments they were making. Questions regarding bank solvency, declines in credit availability and damaged investor confidence had an impact on global stock markets, where securities suffered large losses during 2008 and early 2009. Economies worldwide slowed during this period, as credit tightened and international trade declined. Governments and central banks responded with unprecedented fiscal stimulus, monetary policy expansion and institutional bailouts. In the U.S., Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
What year did the U.S. housing bubble peak?
2004

That said, the score does not provide complete and exact instructions on how to perform a historical work. Even if the tempo is written with an Italian instruction (e.g., Allegro), we do not know exactly how fast the piece should be played. As well, in the Baroque era, many works that were designed for basso continuo accompaniment do not specify which instruments should play the accompaniment or exactly how the chordal instrument (harpsichord, lute, etc.) should play the chords, which are not notated in the part (only a figured bass symbol beneath the bass part is used to guide the chord-playing performer). The performer and/or the conductor have a range of options for musical expression and interpretation of a scored piece, including the phrasing of melodies, the time taken during fermatas (held notes) or pauses, and the use (or choice not to use) of effects such as vibrato or glissando (these effects are possible on various stringed, brass and woodwind instruments and with the human voice).
In what era were many works designed for basso continuo accompaniment?
the Baroque era

Apollo was worshipped as Actiacus (/kta.ks/ ak-TY--ks; , Aktiakos, literally "Actian"), Delphinius (/dlfnis/ del-FIN-ee-s; , Delphinios, literally "Delphic"), and Pythius (/pis/ PITH-ee-s; , Puthios, from , Pytho, the area around Delphi), after Actium () and Delphi () respectively, two of his principal places of worship. An etiology in the Homeric hymns associated the epithet "Delphinius" with dolphins. He was worshipped as Acraephius (/krifis/ -KREE-fee-s; ,[clarification needed] Akraiphios, literally "Acraephian") or Acraephiaeus (/krifiis/ -KREE-fee-EE-s; , Akraiphiaios, literally "Acraephian") in the Boeotian town of Acraephia (), reputedly founded by his son Acraepheus; and as Smintheus (/smnjus/ SMIN-thews; , Smintheus, "Sminthian"that is, "of the town of Sminthos or Sminthe") near the Troad town of Hamaxitus. The epithet "Smintheus" has historically been confused with , "mouse", in association with Apollo's role as a god of disease. For this he was also known as Parnopius (/prnopis/ par-NOH-pee-s; , Parnopios, from , "locust") and to the Romans as Culicarius (/kjulkris/ KEW-li-KARR-ee-s; from Latin culicarius, "of midges").
The epithet Delphinius is associated with what animal?
dolphins