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==Timeline== | ==Timeline== | ||
1921 - 1929 | 1921 - 1929 | ||
:Strong economic growth: GDP increases by 42% (growth rates: 10.5% pa 1921-23; 3.4% pa 1923-29) | |||
:Stock market boom: the DJIA index at the 1929 peak is six times its minimum level in 1921 [http://stockcharts.com/charts/historical/djia19201940.html]. | :Stock market boom: the DJIA index at the 1929 peak is six times its minimum level in 1921 [http://stockcharts.com/charts/historical/djia19201940.html]. | ||
1927 | 1927 | ||
Revision as of 16:32, 10 January 2009
Stock price changes
- (see also the chart for the period 1920 to 1940 [1])
- Dow Jones Industrial Average: Low [2]
| 07/09/29 | 14/09/29 | 23/10/29 | 24/10/29 | 26/10/29 | 28/10/29 | 29/10/29 | 02/01/30 | 02/01/31 | 02/01/32 | 03/02/33 | 02/01/34 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 375 | 365 | 303 | 272 | 296 | 256 | 212 | 242 | 161 | 74 | 59 | 99 |
Timeline
1921 - 1929
- Strong economic growth: GDP increases by 42% (growth rates: 10.5% pa 1921-23; 3.4% pa 1923-29)
- Stock market boom: the DJIA index at the 1929 peak is six times its minimum level in 1921 [3].
1927
- Discount rate cut from 4% to 3.5%
1928
- Discount rate raised to 5%
1929
- Discount rate raised to 6%
October
- 24 Black Thursday
- 28 Black Monday
- 29 Black Tuesday