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List of recessions in the United States

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There have been as many as 48 recessions in the United States dating back to the Articles of Confederation, and although economists and historians dispute certain 19th-century recessions, the consensus view among economists and historians is that "the [cyclical] volatility of GNP and unemployment was greater before the Great Depression than it has been since the end of World War II." Cycles in the country's agricultural production, industrial production, consumption, business investment, and the health of the banking industry contribute to these declines. U.S. recessions have increasingly affected economies on a worldwide scale, especially as countries' economies become more intertwined.

List of recessions in the United States - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bank run on the Seamen's Savings Bank during the panic of 1857 Total money supply contracted -10.28% in October 1929 and continued to contract for the next few years during the Great Depression and Herbert Hoover's presidency US Treasury interest rates compared to the Federal Funds Rate . When the shorter term treasuries get pushed above the longer term treasuries, by the Federal Funds Rate , it causes an Inverted yield curve .     Federal Funds Rate There have been as many as 48

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