B.9. Number of Agricultural Bank Failures
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Year                       Q1          Q2          Q3          Q4          Total
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1981......    |             1           0           0           0              1
1982......    |             2           3           3           3             11
1983......    |             1           1           2           3              7
1984......    |             3           7          10          12             32
1985......    |            12          21          17          18             68
1986......    |            14          14          21          16             65
1987......    |            22          19          12          16             69
1988......    |            11           6          12           7             36
1989......    |             5           7           5           5             22
1990......    |             3           5           6           3             17
1991......    |             2           2           3           1              8
1992......    |             1           1           1           4              7
1993......    |             1           2           2           0              5
1994......    |             0           0           0           0              0
1995......    |             0           0           0           0              0
1996......    |             0           2           0           0              2
1997......    |             0           0           0           1              1
1998......    |             0           0           1           0              1
1999......    |             0           1           0           0              1
2000......    |             0           0           0           0              0
2001......    |             0           0           0           0              0
2002......    |             1           0           0           1              2
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   Note. Data exclude banks assisted to prevent failure.  Industrial banks and
mutual savings banks also are excluded.  Agricultural banks are defined in the
introduction to section B.
   n.a. Not available.

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