Topic: Bank Failures

FDIC closes four banks. Annual total: 84 so far.

FDIC seizes banks in Georgia, Florida, and Colorado. At this point last year, the FDIC had shuttered 139 banks.

Do European banks need tougher stress tests?

Eight European banks flunked a financial health check meant to reassure investors. But critics argue for tougher tests to weigh the impact of a sovereign default.

Broken banks, durable delusions

Commercial banks continue to fail, despite decades of heavy regulation. So why believe that government oversight cures financial ills?

US and Euro markets: Failing together?

Willingness by leaders in both regions to offer bailouts is hindering growth.

Bank failures hit Puerto Rico hard

Three bank failures took place last week in Puerto Rico, affecting about a quarter of the assets of the island's 10 banks.

Krugman on the banking crisis in Georgia

Commercial real estate loans drive more banks onto FDIC’s 'problem list'

There are more banks currently on the FDIC's "problem list" than anytime in the last 17 years. 

Is America still depression-proof?

Milton Friedman's famous prediction may need revising.

Smaller banks overlooked and in trouble

The federal government is focusing on America's largest banks, but many smaller banks – which are deeply entwined in local communities and crucial to recovery – are sliding toward possible failure.

Financial Q&A: How a bank failure affects CD interest

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Can U.S. avert a Japan-style economic bust?

Similar crises have hit other nations, but Sweden bounced back far faster than Japan.