B.9. Number of Agricultural Bank Failures
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Year                       Q1          Q2           Q3            Q4           Total
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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
2003......    |             0           1             0             0              1
2004......    |             0           1             0             0              1
2005......    |             0           0          n.a.          n.a.           n.a.
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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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