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What was the largest one-day percentage fall in Wall Street history, recorded on 19 October 1987?
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Black Monday
Which Russian default and ruble crisis shook markets in August 1998?
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Russian financial crisis
Which 1873 financial panic helped start the prolonged Long Depression?
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Panic of 1873
What name is given to the worldwide financial crisis that followed Lehman Brothers’ 2008 collapse?
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Global Financial Crisis
What was the 1720 French speculative scheme called the Mississippi Bubble?
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Mississippi Bubble
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Which Russian default and ruble crisis shook markets in August 1998?
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Russian financial crisis
Which 1873 financial panic helped start the prolonged Long Depression?
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Panic of 1873
What name is given to the worldwide financial crisis that followed Lehman Brothers’ 2008 collapse?
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Global Financial Crisis
What was the 1720 French speculative scheme called the Mississippi Bubble?
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Mississippi Bubble
Which 18th-century British trading company collapsed during the South Sea Bubble?
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South Sea Company
What was the name of the 1989 US stock-market collapse that followed a failed leveraged buyout of United Airlines?
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Friday the 13th mini-crash
What global health emergency caused the worldwide stock-market crash of February and March 2020?
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COVID-19 pandemic
Which technology-heavy index reached its dot-com-era peak in March 2000 before the bubble burst?
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Nasdaq Composite
What was the name of the speculative bubble that burst in Japan after the Nikkei peaked in 1989?
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Japanese asset price bubble