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Bank Holiday

A bank holiday is a day off that occurs during the normal work week. Commercial banks, savings & loans institutions and credit unions are closed. Bank holidays usually match accepted federal holidays in the U.S., which makes sense.

Internationally, countries abide by their own federal holidays. For example, Thanksgiving is only in the U.S.

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