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* 1933 [[New Deal]]<br>US  Glass-Steagall Act - created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation[http://www.fdic.gov/about/history/index.html]. Separated commercial banking from investment banking.[[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/wallstreet/weill/demise.html]
* 1933 [[New Deal]]<br>US  Glass-Steagall Act - created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation[http://www.fdic.gov/about/history/index.html]. Separated commercial banking from investment banking.[[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/wallstreet/weill/demise.html]
* 1974 The Basel Committee for Banking Supervision[http://www.bis.org/bcbs/] created.


* 1980 US Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act[http://www.bos.frb.org/about/pubs/deposito.pdf]
* 1980 US Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act[http://www.bos.frb.org/about/pubs/deposito.pdf]
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* 1987  Global stock market crash[http://people.few.eur.nl/smant/m-economics/crash1987.htm]
* 1987  Global stock market crash[http://people.few.eur.nl/smant/m-economics/crash1987.htm]
* 1988 Basel I[http://www.bis.org/publ/bcbsc111.pdf?noframes=1,] (The Basel Capital Accord)


* 1989  LTCM hedge fund rescued[http://www.erisk.com/Learning/CaseStudies/Long-TermCapitalManagemen.asp]
* 1989  LTCM hedge fund rescued[http://www.erisk.com/Learning/CaseStudies/Long-TermCapitalManagemen.asp]
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* 1999 US Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act - repealed the Glass Steagall Act of 1933,  and introduced other changes including expanding the Federal Home Loan Bank System.
* 1999 US Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act - repealed the Glass Steagall Act of 1933,  and introduced other changes including expanding the Federal Home Loan Bank System.
* 1999 The Financial Stability Forum[http://www.financialstabilityboard.org/index.htm] created
* 2006 Basel II[http://www.bis.org/publ/bcbsca.htm] (Revised International Capital Framework]


* 2007  [[Subprime mortgages crisis]]
* 2007  [[Subprime mortgages crisis]]

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A timeline (or several) relating to Financial system.
  • 1244 Genoa's Leccacorvo bank[1]
  • 1609 Amsterdam Wisselbank founded[2] - the first central bank.
  • 1637 Dutch tulip bubble[3]
  • 1694 Formation of the Bank of England[4]
  • 1720 South Sea Bubble[5]
  • 1864 US National Bank Act - established a national banking system and the chartering of national banks.
  • 1866 Overend and Gurney bank rescued[[6]
  • 1890 Barings bank rescued
  • 1913 US Federal Reserve Act - established the Federal Reserve System [7]
  • 1933 New Deal
    US Glass-Steagall Act - created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation[8]. Separated commercial banking from investment banking.[[9]
  • 1974 The Basel Committee for Banking Supervision[10] created.
  • 1980 US Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act[11]
  • 1987 Global stock market crash[14]
  • 1988 Basel I[15] (The Basel Capital Accord)
  • 1989 LTCM hedge fund rescued[16]
  • 1999 US Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act - repealed the Glass Steagall Act of 1933, and introduced other changes including expanding the Federal Home Loan Bank System.
  • 1999 The Financial Stability Forum[19] created
  • 2006 Basel II[20] (Revised International Capital Framework]