B.9. Number of Agricultural Bank Failures
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Year                       Q1          Q2          Q3           Q4           Total
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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           0             0              0
2006......    |             0           0           0          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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