Word: overdraft
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Dates: during 1966-1966
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Slumping Stock Market. Many Irishmen viewed the bank strike with ebullient aplomb. "I had an overdraft due in two weeks," crowed a Dubliner, "now I can forget about it." Said an official of the Irish Central Bank, only half-jokingly: "People may soon decide that banks aren't necessary after all." Others took the situation more seriously. With cash scarce, trading on the Dublin Stock Exchange slumped, and the Tipperary cattle market closed altogether...