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  2. Technological and industrial history of the United States

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    This can be illustrated by the index of total industrial production, which increased from 4.29 in 1790 to 1,975.00 in 1913, an increase of 460 times (base year 1850 – 100). [5] American colonies gained independence in 1783 just as profound changes in industrial production and coordination were beginning to shift production from artisans to ...

  3. Economic history of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Specific government programs and policies which gave shape and form to the American School and the American System include the establishment of the Patent Office in 1802; the creation of the Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1807 and other measures to improve river and harbor navigation; the various Army expeditions to the west, beginning with the ...

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

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    As the United States demobilized from World War II, the decline in government spending caused a brief recession in 1945 and suppressed GDP growth for several years thereafter. However, private economic activity expanded at a brisk pace throughout this period. The expansion lasted just over three years, followed by another brief recession in ...

  5. US economic output grows at fastest pace in nearly 3 years to ...

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    The Atlanta Fed's GDP Now tool, which incorporates real-time data throughout the quarter to project economic growth, currently projects the US economy grew at a 3.3% annualized pace in the final ...

  6. Economy of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. had the highest GDP (PPP) figures for more than a century prior to that milestone; China has more than tripled the U.S. growth rate for each of the past 40 years. As of 2017, the European Union as an aggregate had a GDP roughly 5% larger than the U.S., although the former is a political union not a country.

  7. US economic output hits highest level since April 2022 amid ...

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    The Atlanta Fed's GDPNow Tool model, which incorporates data from the current quarter to project GDP, estimates the US economy will have grown at an annualized rate of 2.6% in the fourth quarter.

  8. U.S. economic performance by presidential party - Wikipedia

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    Blinder and Watson estimated that the S&P 500 returned 8.4% annually on average under Democrats versus 2.7% under Republicans, a difference of 5.7% percentage points. This computation used the average value in last year of the president's term, minus the average value in last year of previous term. [1]

  9. Science and technology in the United States - Wikipedia

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    For the past 80 years, the United States has been integral in fundamental advances in telecommunications and technology. For example, AT&T's Bell Laboratories spearheaded the American technological revolution with a series of inventions including the first practical light emitted diode ( LED ), the transistor , the C programming language , and ...