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Nixon issued Executive Order 11615 (pursuant to the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970), imposing a 90-day freeze on wages and prices in order to counter inflation. This was the first time the U.S. government had enacted wage and price controls since the Korean War.
The Economic Stabilization Act of 1970 (Title II of Pub. L. 91–379, 84 Stat. 799, enacted August 15, 1970, [2] formerly codified at 12 U.S.C. § 1904) was a United States law that authorized the President to stabilize prices, rents, wages, salaries, interest rates, dividends and similar transfers [3] as part of a general program of price controls within the American domestic goods and labor ...
Invoking the powers granted to the president by the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970, President Richard Nixon orders 90-day nationwide freeze on all wages, prices, salaries and rents. September 22: OPEC directs members to negotiate price increases to offset the devaluation of the U.S. dollar. November: U.S. Phase II price controls begin. Plan ...
1970s energy crisis. OPEC oil price shock (1973) Energy crisis (1979) 1972–1973 Indian economic crisis; 1973–1975 recession; Secondary banking crisis of 1973–1975, in the UK; 1979–1980 Indian economic crisis; Latin American debt crisis (late 1970s to early 1980s), the "lost decade"
In the aftermath, a second energy crisis develops, tripling the price of oil and sending U. S. gasoline prices over $1 per gallon for the first time. 1979 – American Airlines Flight 191 crashes after takeoff from O'Hare International Airport , killing all 271 aboard and two on the ground, making it one of the deadliest aviation incidents on U ...
The 1973 and 1979 energy crisis had caused petroleum prices to peak in 1980 at over US$35 per barrel (US$129 in today's dollars). Following these events slowing industrial economies and stabilization of supply and demand caused prices to begin falling in the 1980s. [26]
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The 1973–1975 recession or 1970s recession was a period of economic stagnation in much of the Western world during the 1970s, putting an end to the overall post–World War II economic expansion. It differed from many previous recessions by involving stagflation , in which high unemployment and high inflation existed simultaneously.