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Strategies & Market Trends : 2026 TeoTwawKi ... 2032 Darkest Interregnum -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (32440)4/7/2008 1:18:02 PM
From: Lazarus_Long  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 217802
 
fdic.gov
Year - # of bank failures
1991 - 127
1992 - 123
1993 - 42
1994 - 12
1995 - 5
1996 - 6
1997 - 1
1998 - 3
1999 - 7
2000 - 7
2001 - 4
2002 - 11
2003 - 3
2004 - 4
2005 - 0
2006 - 0
2007 - 3
2008 - 3 (partial year)

You can clearly see the 1991-2 recession in there. This one isn't there. Why?
A change in bank regulation, change in counting method, or lying could cover it.