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Economic Commentary

Underlying Causes of Commercial Bank Failures in the 1980s

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Banks failed at record rates during the past decade, and no relief appears to be in sight. This article examines the contributions of economic and managerial factors to the highest bank failure rate since the Great Depression.

09.01.1990ISSN 2163-3738 EC 9/15/1990

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Seballos, Lynn, and James B. Thomson. 1990. “Underlying Causes of Commercial Bank Failures in the 1980s.” Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Economic Commentary 9/15/1990.

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