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pranshum OP t1_jcmx2ax wrote

Hey DIB! Quick chart here on the frequency of American bank failures over time. The data is from the FDIC's list of failed banks, chart built with a bunch of javascript + some tools from yarn.tech to build out an SVG. Interactive post, with plenty of analysis, here: https://yarn.pranshum.com/banks2

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kompootor t1_jcpq4mf wrote

Could you please link to your source page directly, so it's obvious where you got your data? People here obviously will have questions about the methodology.

Also, what is the bin size on your chart?

(For example, seeing as there was no FDIC in 1934, and local banks would not have been on any kind of registry, I'm sure we'd all like to see whether the dataset attempts to do an adjustment for this or leaves the data raw. Also, the standard for a "bank failure" has changed significantly since the FDIC and associated regulations were established. In case people haven't noticed, SVB is still around and now solvent -- so is it a failure comparable to 1934?)

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