What event on August 17, 1998, marked the beginning of Russia’s financial crisis?
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Russian government default
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What event on August 17, 1998, marked the beginning of Russia’s financial crisis?
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Russian government default
Which date marked the 2020 stock-market crash’s largest one-day Dow Jones percentage loss?
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March 16, 2020
What was the name of the 1907 U.S. panic that led to creation of the Federal Reserve’s predecessor reforms?
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Panic of 1907
Which bank failed in September 2008, becoming the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history and intensifying the global financial crash?
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Lehman Brothers
What financial bubble burst in March 2000, beginning the major stock-market decline associated with technology shares?
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Dot-com bubble
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