Which U.S. financial institution's failure in 1907 helped prompt the creation of the Federal Reserve System?
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Knickerbocker Trust Company
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Which U.S. financial institution's failure in 1907 helped prompt the creation of the Federal Reserve System?
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Knickerbocker Trust Company
Which French financier's banknote-backed scheme collapsed in 1720 during the Mississippi Bubble?
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John Law
What was the name of the 1989 Japanese stock-market peak's benchmark index, which later fell during Japan's asset-price crash?
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Nikkei 225
Which British bank failed in 1866, helping trigger the financial panic known as the Overend, Gurney crisis?
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Overend, Gurney and Company
What name is given to the New York Stock Exchange sell-off on October 24, 1929, the first major day of the Wall Street Crash?
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Black Thursday
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