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Which 1893 U.S. financial crisis followed the collapse of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad?
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Panic of 1893
Which financial panic began with the Vienna Stock Exchange crash in May 1873?
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Panic of 1873
What was the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s record one-day percentage loss on October 19, 1987?
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22.6%
Which 1720 Paris market collapse followed the failure of John Law’s Mississippi Company scheme?
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Mississippi Bubble
What was the name of the 1992 currency-market crisis when speculators forced Britain out of the ERM?
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Black Wednesday
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Which financial panic began with the Vienna Stock Exchange crash in May 1873?
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Panic of 1873
Which 1720 Paris market collapse followed the failure of John Law’s Mississippi Company scheme?
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Mississippi Bubble
Which 1998 Russian market crisis followed the government’s ruble devaluation and debt default?
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Russian financial crisis
Which 1982 crash in Kuwait involved an unregulated market for postdated checks?
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Souk Al-Manakh crash
What event caused the 2020 global stock-market crash as countries imposed lockdowns?
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COVID-19 pandemic
Which 1997 financial crisis began with the devaluation of Thailand’s baht and spread across East Asian markets?
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Asian financial crisis