Thursday, May 31, 2012

Bank Runs

I would not read too much into this, but it is interesting in a grim way: here is a link to a Google Trends search on the term "bank run."

Note that you can see the languages in which the searches happen most often. Greek is first on the list! However, Spanish and Italian give a very low result, suggesting that the methods Google uses here are not fool-proof.

HT Zero Hedge.

UPDATE: O.K., this is amusing. A friend of mind has pointed out that the heavy search activity in and around Holland, Michigan (as of right now...it will update over time) is likely because of the 35th Anniversary Fifth Third River Bank Run there. This may not be the best choice of event for a bank to sponsor, from a p.r. point of view.