Bank Holidays & Other Suspensions
Documents from 2003
Ecuador: Staff Report for the 2003 Article IV Consultation, Request for a Stand-By Arrangement, and Approval of an Exchange Restriction, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Lessons from the Crisis in Argentina, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Request for Stand-By Arrangement and Request for Extension of Repurchase Expectations, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
A History of the Federal Reserve, Volume 1: 1913–1951, Allan Meltzer
Argentina's Crisis: Causes and Consequences, Geethanjali Nataraj and Pravakar Sahoo
Argentina's Economic Crisis: Causes and Cures, Jim Saxton
Credit Unions: Financial Condition Has Improved, but Opportunities Exist to Enhance Oversight and Share Insurance Management, United States: Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Documents from 2002
Resolución 559/2002, Argentina: Ministerio de Economia/Ministry of Economy
Resolución 6/2002, Argentina: Ministerio de Economia/Ministry of Economy
Annual Report 2001, Banco Central de la República Argentina (BCRA)/ Central Bank of Argentina
Aid Returns to Argentina, Central Banking Staff
Argentina Overcomes Debt Hurdle For Now, Central Banking Staff
Interview: Mario Blejer, Central Banking Staff
Ley 25,563, Congreso de la Nacion Argentina
Ley 25,587, Congreso de la Nacion Argentina
The Credit Union Calamity – An imperfect agency mops up the mess, John Kostrzewa
Argentina To Redirect IDB Loans To Emergency Programs, Elizabeth Price
Decreto 1316/2002, Republica Argentina
Decreto 214/2002, Republica Argentina
Decreto 494/2002, Republica Argentina
Decreto 71/2002, Republica Argentina
Decreto 905/2002, Republica Argentina
Documents from 2001
Argentina to Limit Withdrawals, Overseas Transfers, John Lyons and David Plumb
Argentina Bonds Dive as Government Curbs Withdrawals, John Lyons, David Plumb, and Helen Murphy
Reconstruction Finance Corporation Assistance to Financial Intermediaries and Commercial & Industrial Enterprise in the U.S., 1932 – 1937, Joseph R. Mason
Lessons of the Financial Crisis in Ecuador 1999, Maria Laura Patino
Decreto 1570/2001, Republica Argentina
Decreto 1606/2001, Republica Argentina
Commentary - Cleaning up the credit-union crisis, Bruce Sundlun
Documents from 2000
Annual Report 1999, Central Bank of Ecuador/Banco Central del Ecuador (BCE)
Headlines from Ecuador's El Comercio for Wednesday, Dow Jones
Ecuador–Supplement to the Memorandum of Economics Policies, Republic of Ecuador
Ecuador Army Plotted Coup with Indians, Mahuad Says, Alistair Scrutton
The banking panics of the Great Depression, Elmus Wicker
Documents from 1999
Ecuador's currency dive prompts calls for monetary controls, Agence France Presse
Ecuador Jacome: To Head Central Bk Until Replacement Named, Mercedes Alvaro
Ecuador: Government drafting emergency economic bail-out plan, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Ecuador's President Addresses Nation on Economic Crisis, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Ecuador said to consider Currency Board, Thomas Catan and Mercedes Alvaro
Main Monetary Aggregates, Central Bank of Ecuador/Banco Central del Ecuador (BCE)
Ecuador declares emergency, calls out military - March 9, 1999, CNN
Dollar Declines Against Yen And Euro; Ecuador's Sucre Rebounds, Dow Jones
Ecuador Extends Closure of Banks To Four Days, Declares Emergency, Dow Jones
Ecuador/IMF/Min -2: Unclear If Fischer In May 8-10 Talks, Dow Jones
Ecuador Plans to Amend Financial-Institutions Law, Dow Jones
Ecuador Sucre Soars 34% On Tight Liquidity After Bk Holiday, Dow Jones
CORRECTED - INTERVIEW - Ecuador banks ready for withdrawal flood, Mario Naranjo
Latin America and the Caribbean – Ecuador Fails to Halt Slide in Sucre, Justine Newsome
Ecuador crisis grows as banks stay closed, Justine Newsome and Richard Lapper
The Americas–Ecuador mulls switch to currency board, Justine Newsome and Richard Lapper
Mahuad, Congress Agree To Lift Emergency, Quito Voz de los Andes
Quito Radio Summary 161700, Quito Voz de los Andes
Official Registry of the Ecuadorian Government : Tribunal Constitution, Republic of Ecuador
Corrected – Interview – Ecuador Banks Ready for Withdrawal Flood, Reuters
Documents from 1998
Ecuador Liquidates Bank Solbanco SA For Insolvency, Dow Jones
Ecuador's Govt/Aid Plan -3: Temporarily Suspends Income Tax, Dow Jones
Ecuadorean bank says funds okay after deposits run, Mario Naranjo
Political Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador, National Congress of Ecuador
Documents from 1995
Documents from 1994
The Unit of Constant Value (UVC), Leonardo Suarez Giordano
Department of Business Regulation Eighty-Sixth Annual Report, Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation, Bruce Sundlun, Sheldon Whitehouse, and Edward D. Pare Jr.
An Act Relating to State Affairs and Government - Rhode Island Depositor's Economic Protection Corporation, Rhode Island: General Assembly
The Fed Must Continue to Supervise Banks, Richard Syron
Similarities and dissimilarities in the collapses of three state-chartered private deposit insurance funds, Walker F. Todd
Documents from 1993
DEPCO bonanza is at hand for 16,000 depositors, Neil Downing
Last Week's payout closed big chapter in DEPCO annals, Neil Downing
The Decline of Private Deposit Insurance in the United States, William B. English
DEPCO repays U.S. in a big way: A $125 million check marked the first retirement of a chunk of debt taken on by the bailout agency, John Kostrzewa
Lessons from the Rhode Island Banking Crisis, Thomas E. Pulkkinen and Eric S. Rosengren
Financial Statements (With Independent Auditors' Report Thereon), Schedule of Federal Financial Assistance and Independent Auditors' Report Required by the Single Audit Act of 1984, Rhode Island Depositors Economic Protection Corporation
The Meaning of Money in the Great Depression, Hugh Rockoff
Full Faith and Credit: The Great S & L Debacle and Other Washington Sagas, William L. Seidman
Documents from 1992
Mutual Funds Law No. 24,083, Argentine Republic
Charter of the Central Bank of the Argentine Republic, Banco Central de la República Argentina
Next payout planned Feb.14 to 'Final Four' depositors, Neil Downing
Department of Business Regulation Eighty-Fifth Annual Report, Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation, Bruce Sundlun, Maurice C. Paradis, and Edward D. Pare Jr.
Financial Statements June 30, 1992, Rhode Island Depositors Economic Protection Corporation
State of the State Address 1992, Bruce Sundlun
History of and Rationales for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walker F. Todd
Documents from 1991
45 Credit Unions and Banks Shut by Rhode Island, Keith Bradsher
Bumgardner Statement, Layne L. Bumgardner
A boon for borrowers: New rules permit borrowers to use frozen funds for loans, Neil Downing
Credit Unions, receivership and DEPCO, Neil Downing
DEPCO moves to help PierBank reopen, Neil Downing
Depositors may apply to state for emergency withdrawals to $1000, Neil Downing
Depositors won't get scrip as IOUs, Neil Downing
Haircuts will apply in larger payouts, Neil Downing
Nine closed institutions to begin payouts Amounts vary; checks to be mailed, Neil Downing
Payments must still be made on a loan from closed institutions, Neil Downing
Proposed measure gives DEPCO wide powers, much independence, Neil Downing
Small depositors may see light at end of tunnel under revised plan, Neil Downing
State plans to ease hardship withdrawals from frozen accounts, Neil Downing
Hundreds descend on Citizens to collect their federal payments, Suzanne Espinoza
FDIC Denies Applications for Federal Deposit Insurance From Five Privately Insured Rhode Island Banks, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Carved in Sand: A Report on the Collapse of the Rhode Island Share and Deposit Indemnity Corporation, Vartan Gregorian
Credit Union Crisis DEPCO will require $200 million more, banking expert says, John Kostrzewa
Sundlun offers payback plan New agency would take over ailing banks, credit unions, John Kostrzewa
Credit Union Crisis Business Viewpoint Guess who's the fall guy in bailout game?, Peter Phipps
OPENING REMARKS OF THE HONORABLE JOHN F. REED BEFORE THE HOUSE BANKING SUBCOMMITTEE ON GENERAL OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATION, John F. Reed