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Some financial observers argued that the plummet in bond prices was triggered by the Federal Reserve's decision to raise rates by 25 basis points in February, in a move to counter inflation. [4] At about $1.5 trillion in lost market value across the globe, the crash has been described as the worst financial event for bond investors since 1927 ...
Conditions in the South were much worse than in the East, and the Cotton Belt was dealt the worst blow. In Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina the panic caused an increase in the interest of diversifying crops. New Orleans felt a general depression in business, and its money market stayed in bad condition throughout 1843.
The Coinage Act of 1873 also contributed by immediately depressing the price of silver, which hurt North American mining interests. [22] The deflation and wage cuts of the era led to labor turmoil, such as the Great Railroad Strike of 1877. In 1879, the United States returned to the gold standard with the Specie Payment Resumption Act.
The labor market is cooling, with the three-month average of monthly job gains decelerating to about 110,000 in August from about 270,000 in March. ... Stock market today: Stocks notch worst ...
From their peaks in October 2007 until their closing lows in early March 2009, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 all suffered declines of over 50%, marking the worst stock market crash since the Great Depression era. [16] [17] Financial crisis of 2007–2008: 16 Sep 2008 USA
The drop on Thursday comes as bond yields edged up after the latest producer price index report. The 10-year Treasury bond jumped six basis points to 4.332%. ... the Bureau of Labor Statistics ...
The housing market is in its worst slump since 1995. ... The median home sales price in 1995 was about $114,000 ($227,000 inflation-adjusted), according to NAR, but in 2023 it was nearly $390,000 ...
A bank run on the Fourth National Bank No. 20 Nassau Street, New York City, from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 4 October 1873. The Panic of 1873 was a financial crisis that triggered an economic depression in Europe and North America that lasted from 1873 to 1877 or 1879 in France and in Britain.