US Bank failures - statistical information

Official information is here:
http://www.fdic.gov/bank/individual/failed/banklist.html

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Now breakdown by year:

Year        Failures
2000        2
2001        4
2002       12          <- dot com?
2003        3
2004        4
2005        0
2006        0
2007        3
2008        9          <- subprime

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Peaks:

2002 - probably echo from dot com bubble?
2008 - subprime mess.

Note there are no bank failures in 2005 and 2006

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Now chart: