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  1. FDIC ‑ Insurance, Meaning & Bank - HISTORY

    • Many analysts expected the United States economy to make a quick and robust recovery after the stock market crash of 1929. Three previous market contractions—in 1920, 1923 and 1926—had last… See more

    Gold Standard

    Things got worse in the fall of 1931 when Great Britain left the gold standard. In a gold standard system, the value of a nation’s currency is backed by a specified amount of … See more

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    Banking Act of 1933

    Within days of taking office in 1933, President Franklin D. Rooseveltpassed emergency legislation that would begin to restore confidence in the American banking system. In … See more

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    FDIC Today

    In 2007, problems in the subprime mortgage market precipitated the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Twenty-five U.S. banks had failed by late 2008. The … See more

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