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Black Monday (also known as Black Tuesday in some parts of the world due to time zone differences) was the global, severe and largely unexpected [1] stock market crash on Monday, October 19, 1987. Worldwide losses were estimated at US$1.71 trillion. [2] The severity of the crash sparked fears of extended economic instability [3] or even a ...
Souk Al-Manakh stock market crash: Aug 1982 Kuwait: Black Monday: 19 Oct 1987 USA: Infamous stock market crash that represented the greatest one-day percentage decline in U.S. stock market history, culminating in a bear market after a more than 20% plunge in the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average. Among the primary causes of the chaos ...
Black Monday (2011) In finance and investing, Black Monday 2011 refers to August 8, 2011, when US and global stock markets crashed [1] following the Friday night credit rating downgrade by Standard and Poor's of the United States sovereign debt from AAA, or "risk free", to AA+. [2] It was the first time in history the United States was ...
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The Hawke-Keating government oversaw the economy of Australia during the early 1990s recession. A surge in commodity prices began in 1986 and assisted the economy to a small 1987 surplus of $2.3 Billion. With commodity prices now over their peak, economic conditions were entering a decline, with high-interest rates, a growing current account ...
October 27, 1997, mini-crash. On October 27, 1997, a global stock market crash was caused by an economic crisis in Asia, the "Asian contagion", or Tom Yum Goong crisis (Thai: วิกฤตต้มยำกุ้ง). The point loss that the Dow Jones Industrial Average suffered on this day currently ranks as the 18th biggest percentage loss ...
The United States' Dow Jones Industrial Average lost more than 2000 points, [171] described by The News International as "the biggest ever fall in intraday trading." [172] The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a number of trading "circuit breakers" to curb panicked selling. [31] Oil firms Chevron and ExxonMobil fell about 15%. [173]
Stock price graph illustrating the 2020 stock market crash, showing a sharp drop in stock price, followed by a recovery. A stock market crash is a sudden dramatic decline of stock prices across a major cross-section of a stock market, resulting in a significant loss of paper wealth. Crashes are driven by panic selling and underlying economic ...