In the spring of 1931 it was the failure of the Austrian bank Credit Anstaldt that triggered a breakdown in the global banking system that deepened the Great Depression and led to the failure of thousands of banks around the world.
The picture now emerging from the Bank of America Corporation is a worrying parallel. Only last April BoA looked a recovery success story with its government bailout repaid and shareholders who bought at the bottom sitting pretty.
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