During the 1920s about 70 banks were failing each year in the United States.All together, 9,000 banks failed during the 1930s.$140,000,000,000 disappeared do to bank failure.
about 1/3 percent of banks probably failed, given that the money supply was reduced by "28%" -N, Gregory, Mankiv -Principles of Microeconomics.
9,000 banks failed !
1933
The number of banks grew rapidly,but many failed The U.S. economy experience a period of rapid growth and prosperity. (A+) -Hailey
they had a least 90000000000000000
No, Prohibition failed miserably and caused many problems.
it made many attempts but failed
Over 25,568 banks failed between 1921 and 1933. Thousands of other businesses also ran into trouble
In 1989 206 banks failed
Throughout the 1930's over 9,000 banks failed
I am unsure of how many failed in just 1929, but throught out the 1930's over 9,000 banks failed.
15 000 out of 26 000
800
The Great Depression was a period when the banks failed. It happened after World War I. The stock market collapsed in 1929.
As the economic depression deepened in the early 30s, and as farmers had less and less money to spend in town, banks began to fail at alarming rates. During the 20s, there was an average of 70 banks failing each year nationally. After the crash during the first 10 months of 1930, 744 banks failed - 10 times as many. In all, 9,000 banks failed during the decade of the 30s. It's estimated that 4,000 banks failed during the one year of 1933 alone. By 1933, depositors saw $140 billion disappear through bank failures.
10000
1933
Why? because of the Great Depression.
In the Great Depression, over 11,000 banks failed, and over one million family farms were lost.