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Beginning in 1854, the National Bureau of Economic Research dates recession peaks and troughs to the month. However, a standardized index does not exist for the earliest recessions. [8] In 1791, Congress chartered the First Bank of the United States to handle the country's financial needs. The bank had some functions of a modern central bank ...
The Great Recession cost millions of jobs initially and high unemployment lingered for years after the official end of the recession in June 2009. One of the frightening aspects how deep the recession would go, which is one reason Congress passed and President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) in January 2009.
December 1, 2008: United States; The US economy has been in recession since December 2007, the National Bureau of Economic Research announced in December 2008. The bureau is a private research institute widely regarded as the official arbiter of US economic cycles. It said a 73-month economic expansion had come to an end. [62]
Though no one knew they were in it at the time, the Great Recession had a significant economic and political impact on the United States. While the recession technically lasted from December 2007 – June 2009 (the nominal GDP trough), many important economic variables did not regain pre-recession (November or Q4 2007) levels until 2011–2016.
The NBER officially calls U.S. recessions, and data from Bank of America shows why this group won't be in a rush to declare the U.S. economy in recession.
The Fed's failure to prevent a recession would crater the S&P 500 to 3,800, he forecast, indicating a nearly 31% decline from current levels. The index's forward price/earnings ratio would fall ...
For example, the NBER didn't declare the recent pandemic-related recession in March 2020 an official recession until July 2021. The contrarian: Michael Burry of "The Big Short" fame in 2015.
Great Recession in the United States (2 C, 43 P) Pages in category "Recessions in the United States" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.