Which 1998 event caused Russia to default on domestic debt and helped trigger a global hedge-fund crisis?
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Russian financial crisis
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Which 1998 event caused Russia to default on domestic debt and helped trigger a global hedge-fund crisis?
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Russian financial crisis
Which date marked the 2020 global stock-market crash’s largest one-day percentage fall for the Dow?
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March 16, 2020
Which American financier helped organize the 1907 rescue that stopped a major Wall Street panic?
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J. P. Morgan
What was the name of the 1998 Russian stock-market index that fell about 85% during the financial crisis?
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RTS Index
At what level did Japan's Nikkei 225 close at its asset-bubble peak in December 1989?
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38,915.87
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