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Great Depression, the worst systemic banking crisis of the 20th century; Secondary banking crisis of 1973–1975 in the UK; Japanese asset price bubble (1986–2003) Savings and loan crisis of the 1980s and 1990s in the U.S. 1988–1992 Norwegian banking crisis; Finnish banking crisis of 1990s; Sweden financial crisis 1990–1994; Rhode Island ...
A financial panic was narrowly averted in 1860 by the first use of clearing house certificates between banks. [9] 1865–1867 recession April 1865 – December 1867 2 years 8 months 3 years 10 months −23.8% — The American Civil War ended in April 1865, and the country entered a lengthy period of general deflation that lasted until 1896.
On average, between 1980 and 1994, a US bank failed every three days. The pace of bankruptcies peaked immediately after the 2008 financial crisis. [1] The 2007–2008 financial crisis led to many bank failures in the United States. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) closed 465 failed banks from 2008 to 2012. [2]
[15] [17] [18] The collapses of First Republic Bank, Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank were the second-, third- and fourth-largest bank failures in the history of the United States, respectively, smaller only than the collapse of Washington Mutual during the 2007–2008 financial crisis.
Coin exchange crisis of 692.Byzantine emperor Justinian II refuses to accept tribute from the Umayyad Caliphate with new Arab gold coins for fear of exposing double counting in the Byzantine financial system (actual weight less, than nominal quantity), which leads to the Battle of Sebastopolis and the revolt of taxpayers who burned financial officials in a copper bull.
From Buildings and Loans to Bail-Outs: A History of the American Savings and Loan Industry, 1831–1995 (Cambridge University Press, 2004). Meltzer, Allan H. A History of the Federal Reserve (2 vol. U of Chicago Press, 2010). Murphy, Sharon Ann. Other People's Money: How Banking Worked in the Early American Republic (2017) online review
In his dissent to the majority report of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, conservative American Enterprise Institute fellow Peter J. Wallison [273] stated his belief that the roots of the financial crisis can be traced directly and primarily to affordable housing policies initiated by the United States Department of Housing and Urban ...
An event in which bank runs are widespread is called a systemic banking crisis or banking panic. [5] Examples of bank runs include the run on the Bank of the United States in 1931 and the run on Northern Rock in 2007. [6] Banking crises generally occur after periods of risky lending and resulting loan defaults.