bank failure
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- noun
- /bæŋk ˈfeɪljər/
- Specialized
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quiebra bancaria
- The recent bank failure left many customers without access to their savings.
- bank failure rate
- number of bank failures
- wave of bank failures
It's worth noting that bank failures are not actually that uncommon.
- It's worth noting that bank failures are not actually that uncommon.
- The failure of First Republic Bank was the second largest bank failure in the United States's entire history.
- And ultimately, do I think that we're facing a larger economic contagion of bank failure?
- They say that the Fed could have offset the decrease created by bank failures by engaging in bond purchases, but it didn't do so.
- Just yesterday I was looking at charts and you could see this Silicon Valley Bank failure coming.
- That is happening because depositors are concerned about the bank failures that have happened and whether or not other banks could also.
Examples
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In the absence of deposit insurance, other mechanisms served to maintain stability and limit bank failures.
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They clamored for Congressional investigations into the current banking system and offered their expertise in drafting reforms that would protect the public against future bank failures.
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As mentioned earlier, private management tends to reduce bank risk and the rate of bank failures.
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The country had no serious commercial bank failures while they were in place, and no financial crisis infected the real economy.
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It's worth noting that bank failures are not actually that uncommon.
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The failure of First Republic Bank was the second largest bank failure in the United States's entire history.
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And so making sure this bank failure did not ricochet to the rest of the banking system is a smart decision.
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Deposit insurance creates two conflicting forces that influence bank failures.
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Given the concerns about systemic risk in the aftermath of the financial crisis, investors continued to seek protection against bank failures.
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Some research suggests that widespread bank failures have instead been caused by macroeconomic contractions (Rolnick and Weber 1986, Selgin 1989b).
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
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Not being able to pay debts when they are due
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A situation when someone cannot pay money they owe
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A bank that shuts down because it cannot pay its debts
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Morphology
The meaning of 'bank failure' is compositionally derived from 'bank' (a financial institution) and 'failure' (the state of not succeeding/insolvency); together they straightforwardly indicate a bank becoming insolvent or ceasing operations. This noun-noun combination follows a common cross-linguistic pattern (e.g., Spanish 'quiebra bancaria') and would be readily understood by a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Bank failure is made of bank, a place that keeps people's money, and failure, a collapse or stop. Imagine a bank with its doors closed and customers who cannot get their money. That's why the term means a bank that 'cannot pay its bills' and must close.