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Bank holiday (disambiguation)

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Bank holiday chiefly refers to a public holiday in the UK and Ireland during which banking institutions are closed for business.

Bank holiday may also refer to:

Bank holidays in other countries

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Business and government

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  • The emergency holidays declared in the United States prior to the passage of the Emergency Banking Act during the Great Depression in 1933.
  • A week-long emergency holiday decreed in March 1999 by the government of Ecuador during that country's 1998-1999 financial crisis, a measure that was followed by the total year-long freeze of all bank deposits.

Art and entertainment

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See also

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