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In 1983, the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) launched crude oil futures contracts, and the London-based International Petroleum Exchange (IPE)—acquired by Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) in 2005— launched theirs in June 1988. [56] The price of oil reached a peak of c. US$65 during the 1990 Persian Gulf crisis and war.
The currency exchange rate reached Rp 12,000/USD1 before stabilizing. Under President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY), the government was forced to cut its massive fuel subsidies, which were planned to cost $14 billion in October 2005. [63] This led to a more than doubling in the price of consumer fuels, resulting in double-digit inflation.
(in billions USD) [1] Inflation adjusted (in billions USD) 1 1901 Carnegie Steel Company [9] Federal Steel Company National Steel Company: 0.492 18.6 2 1907 New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company [10] Boston and Maine Corporation: 0.310 10.5 3 1909 Interborough Rapid Transit Company [11] [12] Metropolitan Street Railway: 0.222 7.8
The U.S. unemployment rate peaked at 11.0% in October 2009, the highest rate since 1983 and roughly twice the pre-crisis rate. The average hours per work week declined to 33, the lowest level since the government began collecting the data in 1964. [34] [35] The economic crisis started in the U.S. but spread to the rest of the world. [29]