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Which U.S. financial panic in 1907 nearly caused the New York Stock Exchange to close?

Answer

Panic of 1907

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Which 2015 Chinese stock-market crash followed a rapid rise and regulatory efforts to stabilize share prices?

Answer

2015–2016 Chinese stock-market turbulence

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Which 2010 trading event caused a sudden plunge and rebound in major U.S. stock indexes?

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Flash Crash

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What was the name of the 2008 worldwide market collapse associated with the failure of Lehman Brothers?

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Global financial crisis

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Which 1873 financial panic helped trigger the five-year Long Depression in Europe and North America?

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Panic of 1873

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What was the name of the 19 October 1987 global stock-market crash, famous for the biggest one-day percentage fall in the Dow?

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Black Monday

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Which country experienced the 1989 collapse known as the bursting of its asset-price bubble?

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Japan

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Which 1720 collapse of a British trading company is regarded as an early major stock-market crash?

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South Sea Bubble

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Which 1994 crisis followed Mexico’s devaluation of the peso and was nicknamed after a tequila drink?

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Tequila crisis

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Which country’s 1929 stock exchange crash became known as the October 1929 Wall Street Crash?

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United States

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What was the name of Japan’s prolonged market collapse that began after its asset-price bubble burst in 1990?

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Lost Decade

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Which 2020 market-crash day became known as Black Thursday because of a record U.S. index drop?

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March 12, 2020

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