Putting a Stop to a Stampede

Ohio's banking woes generate worldwide jitters

The savings and loan associations that dot southern Ohio seldom stir up any & excitement in the banking community, much less a panic. Yet for a few tense days last week, a crisis involving Ohio's thrift institutions sent tremors of anxiety through the financial world. Governor Richard Celeste's emergency shutdown of 69 privately insured thrifts, which were threatened by customer runs, was the most widespread closure in the financial industry since President Roosevelt declared a one-week national bank holiday in 1933. Ohio's closed-door policy was originally intended to last for only three days. It dragged on through the week as politicians,...

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