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==Stock price changes== | |||
::{|class = "wikitable" | :''(see also the chart for the period 1920 to 1940 [http://stockcharts.com/charts/historical/djia19201940.html])'' | ||
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:::'''Dow Jones Industrial Average: Low [http://www.economagic.com/em-cgi/data.exe/djind/day-djial]''' | |||
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!03/09/29 | |||
!07/09/29 | !07/09/29 | ||
!14/09/29 | |||
!23/10/29 | |||
!24/10/29 | |||
!26/10/29 | |||
!28/10/29 | |||
!29/10/29 | |||
!02/01/30 | !02/01/30 | ||
!02/01/31 | !02/01/31 | ||
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| | |381<ref> peak value </ref> | ||
|375 | |375 | ||
|365 | |||
|303 | |||
|272 | |||
|296 | |||
|256 | |||
|212 | |||
|242 | |242 | ||
|161 | |161 | ||
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|99 | |99 | ||
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==Timeline of events in the United States== | |||
1921 - 1929 | |||
:Strong economic growth: GDP increases by 42% (growth rates: 10.5% pa 1921-23; 3.4% pa 1923-29) | |||
:Stock market boom: the DJIA index at the 1929 peak is six times its minimum level in 1921 [http://stockcharts.com/charts/historical/djia19201940.html]. | |||
1927 | |||
: Federal Reserve Bank cuts discount rate from 4% to 3.5% | |||
1928 | |||
: Federal Reserve Bank tightens monetary policy in order to restrain the boom. Discount rate raised to 5% | |||
October | |||
: Death of Governor Strong of the New York Federal Reserve Bank | |||
1929 | |||
June | |||
August | |||
: Start of a downturn in economic activity | |||
: Federal Reserve Bank raises discount rate to 6% | |||
October | |||
:'''THE CRASH''' [http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/Bierman.Crash] | |||
::24 Black Thursday DJIA falls by 13% | |||
::28 Black Monday DJIA falls by 12.8% | |||
::29 Black Tuesday DJIA falls by 11.7% | |||
1930-33 | |||
: The "Great Contraction" | |||
: Three waves of panic create a progressive collapse of the United States banking system, with the failure of nearly half of the banks and heavy. losses by the others. | |||
1933 | |||
: Banks close in "banking holiday" | |||
: Unemploment 25% | |||
1937 | |||
: Unemployment 13.8% | |||
Latest revision as of 05:07, 14 January 2009
Stock price changes
- (see also the chart for the period 1920 to 1940 [1])
- Dow Jones Industrial Average: Low [2]
| 03/09/29 | 07/09/29 | 14/09/29 | 23/10/29 | 24/10/29 | 26/10/29 | 28/10/29 | 29/10/29 | 02/01/30 | 02/01/31 | 02/01/32 | 03/02/33 | 02/01/34 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 381[1] | 375 | 365 | 303 | 272 | 296 | 256 | 212 | 242 | 161 | 74 | 59 | 99 |
- ↑ peak value
Timeline of events in the United States
1921 - 1929
- Strong economic growth: GDP increases by 42% (growth rates: 10.5% pa 1921-23; 3.4% pa 1923-29)
- Stock market boom: the DJIA index at the 1929 peak is six times its minimum level in 1921 [3].
1927
- Federal Reserve Bank cuts discount rate from 4% to 3.5%
1928
- Federal Reserve Bank tightens monetary policy in order to restrain the boom. Discount rate raised to 5%
October
- Death of Governor Strong of the New York Federal Reserve Bank
1929 June
August
- Start of a downturn in economic activity
- Federal Reserve Bank raises discount rate to 6%
October
- THE CRASH [4]
- 24 Black Thursday DJIA falls by 13%
- 28 Black Monday DJIA falls by 12.8%
- 29 Black Tuesday DJIA falls by 11.7%
1930-33
- The "Great Contraction"
- Three waves of panic create a progressive collapse of the United States banking system, with the failure of nearly half of the banks and heavy. losses by the others.
1933
- Banks close in "banking holiday"
- Unemploment 25%
1937
- Unemployment 13.8%