[...]This article demonstrates that the Bank Holiday that beganon March 6, 1933, marked the end of an old regime, and theFireside Chat a week later inaugurated a new one. TheEmergency Banking Act of 1933, passed by Congress onMarch 9—combined with the Federal Reserve’s commitmentto supply...

After a month-long run on American banks, Franklin Delano Roosevelt proclaimed a Bank Holiday, beginning March 6, 1933, that shut down the banking system. When the banks reopened on March 13, depositors stood in line to return their hoarded cash. This article attributes the success of the Bank...

After a month-long run on American banks, Franklin Delano Roosevelt proclaimed a Bank Holiday, beginning March 6, 1933, that shut down the banking system. When the banks reopened on March 13, depositors stood in line to return their hoarded cash. This article attributes the success of the Bank...