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Crisis atlas / TCD

Chad

12 distinct crisis events in 3 episodes, 19832019, from the union of five primary chronologies.

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

11
Banking crises
1
Currency crises
0
Sovereign debt crises
12
Crisis events
1983–2019
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. 2019
    Bankinglaeven_valencia1 source
  2. 2018
    Bankinglaeven_valencia1 source
  3. 2017
    Bankinglaeven_valencia1 source
  4. 2016
    Bankinglaeven_valencia1 source
  5. 2015
    Bankinglaeven_valencia1 source
  6. 1996
    Bankinglaeven_valencia1 source
  7. 1995
    Bankinglaeven_valencia1 source
  8. 1994
    Currencygmd, laeven_valencia2 sources
    Bankinglaeven_valencia1 source
  9. 1993
    Bankinglaeven_valencia1 source
  10. 1992
    Bankinggmd, laeven_valencia2 sources
  11. 1983
    Bankinggmd, laeven_valencia2 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.

1983

Bankingoutput loss 0.0% of GDP (Laeven-Valencia 2026)
Inflation (% y/y)
-2002040197819831988
Policy rate (%)
0510197819831988
Govt debt (% of GDP)
02040197819831988

1992–1996

BankingCurrencyoutput loss 0.0% of GDP (Laeven-Valencia 2026)
Inflation (% y/y)
-200204060198719922001
Policy rate (%)
051015198719922001
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0204060198719922001

2015–2019

BankingFiscal cost 0.1% of GDP, output loss 55.1% of GDP (Laeven-Valencia 2026)
Inflation (% y/y)
-5051015201020152024
Policy rate (%)
024201020152024
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0204060201020152024

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