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The hastily arranged purchase of Bear Stearns by JP Morgan Chase is the result of exactly such a bank run on the bank, as Bear's counterparties lost faith in it.
ECONOMIST: Business.view
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However since a bank only keeps a small percentage of its assets in cash or short-term investments if there is a run on a bank or handful of them the overall faith in the banking system could be rattled.
FORBES: Weak European Banks Could be Forced to Merge
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As a candidate, Mr Bush resolutely refused to run against big government, campaigning instead on a programme of restoring faith in the nation's institutions.
ECONOMIST: Lexington