Lenders, real estate and construction jobs were reduced/eliminated due to people not paying their mortgage.
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Well, we actually did not have a need for them in the first place. It was artificial demand. Another way to put it is the FBs employed people longer than they should have been. Used like pawns to fake a strong economy
The bubble employed many people for many years with all of the fake money pumping through the economy.
But alas, it was all an illusion created with money manipulation.