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  2. Economic history of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The economic history of the United States spans the colonial era through the 21st century. The initial settlements depended on agriculture and hunting/trapping, later adding international trade, manufacturing, and finally, services, to the point where agriculture represented less than 2% of GDP .

  3. List of economic expansions in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Annual Real Gross Domestic Product Growth Rate — 1930 through 2022. Following the end of World War II and the large adjustment as the economy adjusted from wartime to peacetime in 1945, the collection of many economic indicators, such as unemployment and gross domestic product (GDP) became standardized. Expansions after World War II may be ...

  4. Great Depression in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the 1920s, the banking system in the U.S. was about $50 billion, which was about 50% of GDP. [85] From 1929 to 1932, about 5,000 banks went out of business. By 1933, 11,000 of US 25,000 banks had failed. [86] Between 1929 and 1933, U.S. GDP fell around 30%; the stock market lost almost 90% of its value. [87] In 1929, the unemployment rate ...

  5. Economy of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Bar chart comparing healthcare costs as percentage of GDP across OECD countries U.S. uninsured number (millions) and rate (%), including historical data through 2016 and two CBO forecasts (2016/Obama policy and 2018/Trump policy) through 2026. Two key reasons for more uninsured under President Trump include: 1) Eliminating the individual ...

  6. List of U.S. states and territories by GDP - Wikipedia

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    The following list includes the annual nominal gross domestic product for each of the 50 U.S. states and the national capital of Washington, D.C. and the GDP change and GDP per capita as of 2024. [1] [3] The total for the United States in this table excludes U.S. territories. The raw GDP data below is measured in millions of U.S. Dollars.

  7. Timeline of the Great Depression - Wikipedia

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    Quarterly GDP growth turns positive by summer, but overall annual rate is −1.3% growth. Unemployment peaks at 25%. 2 million are homeless. Industrial production is half of what it was in 1929. US nominal GDP bottoms out at $57 billion (down from $105 billion in 1929)

  8. Government spending in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The US government's Bureau of Economic Analysis as of Q3 2023 estimates $10,007.7 billion in annual total government expenditure and $27,610.1 billion annual total GDP which is 36.2%. [ 1 ] This government total excludes spending by "government enterprises" which sell goods and services "to households and businesses in a market transaction."

  9. List of U.S. states and territories by economic growth rate

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    This is a list of U.S. states and territories by economic growth rate.This article includes a list of the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the 5 inhabited U.S. territories sorted by economic growth — the percentage change in real GDP for the third quarter of 2023 is listed (for the 50 states and District of Columbia), using the most recent data available from the U.S. Bureau of ...