1. portal site-a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet; a portal typically has search engines and free email and chat rooms etc.. portal.
And there is plenty of blame to go around in this financial crisis, but the reason it happened was 100% caused by a Democrat run government that forced a liberal policy initiated by President Clinton and reforms primarily blocked by Democrats. One would never know this by watching the news or reading newspapers.
High levels of indebtedness or the bursting of a real estate or financial asset price bubble can cause what is called a balance sheet recession.. This is when large numbers of consumers or corporations pay down debt (i.e., save) rather than spend or invest, which slows the economy.