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Crisis atlas / MAR

Morocco

27 distinct crisis events in 6 episodes, 19031990, from the union of five primary chronologies.

Debt profile: government debt trajectory and crisis-start levels →

5
Banking crises
14
Currency crises
8
Sovereign debt crises
27
Crisis events
1903–1990
Span

Crisis timeline

Every distinct (year, type) event, most recent first, with the chronologies flagging it. Start-year sources (GMD, JST) do not mark continuation years, so long episodes show lower agreement after their first year.

  1. 1990
    Sovereign debtgmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
  2. 1989
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  3. 1988
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  4. 1987
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  5. 1986
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  6. 1985
    Currencyrr1 source
  7. 1984
    Bankinglaeven_valencia, rr2 sources
  8. 1983
    Sovereign debtgmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
    Bankinglaeven_valencia, rr2 sources
  9. 1982
    Bankinglaeven_valencia1 source
  10. 1981
    Currencygmd, laeven_valencia2 sources
    Bankinglaeven_valencia1 source
  11. 1980
    Bankinggmd, laeven_valencia2 sources
  12. 1959
    Currencyrr1 source
  13. 1958
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  14. 1950
    Currencyrr1 source
  15. 1949
    Currencyrr1 source
  16. 1947
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  17. 1944
    Currencyrr1 source
  18. 1943
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  19. 1931
    Currencyrr1 source
  20. 1930
    Currencyrr1 source
  21. 1929
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  22. 1921
    Currencyrr1 source
  23. 1918
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  24. 1904
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  25. 1903
    Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sources

Source: Global Macro Database 2026_06 (Müller, Xu, Lehbib & Chen 2025) | Jordà-Schularick-Taylor Macrohistory R6 | Laeven & Valencia (2020) | Reinhart-Rogoff via HBS BFFS | ECB/ESRB Financial Crises Database Methodology

Macro context around each episode

Inflation, central-bank policy rate, and government debt in a window of five years either side of each crisis episode (consecutive crisis years bridged across gaps of up to two years). Crisis years shaded.

1903–1904

Sovereign debt

No macro panel coverage for this window.

1918–1921

Currency

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1929–1931

Currency

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1943–1950

Currency
Inflation (% y/y)
-200204060193819431955
Policy rate (%)
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Govt debt (% of GDP)
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1958–1959

Currency
Inflation (% y/y)
-2.502.557.5195319581964
Policy rate (%)
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Govt debt (% of GDP)
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1980–1990

BankingCurrencySovereign debtoutput loss 21.9% of GDP (Laeven-Valencia 2026)
Inflation (% y/y)
051015197519801995
Policy rate (%)
0510197519801995
Govt debt (% of GDP)
050100197519801995

Source: Global Macro Database 2026_06 (Müller, Xu, Lehbib & Chen 2025) Inflation is % year over year; policy rate is the central-bank rate in %; government debt is % of GDP. Methodology