-
Inflation Rate
1.14% -
Unemployment Rate
1.9% -
Deflation Rate
1.78% -
Unemployment Rate
4.1% -
Inflation Rate
1.14% -
Unemployment Rate
4.4% -
Stock Prices
Stock prices rise 40% over the course of the year. However, the boom is artificial -
Inflation Rate
0% -
Unemployment Rate
3.2% -
Great Depression
The Great Depression began on October 29, 1929. It began due to the U.S Stock market collapse. -
Deflation Rate
2.34% -
Unemployment Rate
8.9% -
Unemployment 1931
15.9% -
Deflation Rate
8.98% -
Unemployment 1932
23.6% -
Very High Deflation Rate
9.87% -
Record Unemployment 1933
24.9% -
Deflation Rate
5.11% -
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Elected President
Assuming the Presidency at the depth of the Great Depression as our 32nd President (1933-1945), Franklin D. Roosevelt helped the American people regain faith in themselves. -
Unemployment 1934
21.7% -
Inflation Rate
3.08% -
Dustbowl
The dustbowl was a consequence from the drought that had occurred throughout the early 1930's. -
Unemployment 1935
20.1% -
Inflation Rate
2.24% -
Creation of Social Security
Social Security was created by Franklin Delano Roosevelt -
Unemployment 1936
16.9% -
Inflation Rate
1.46% -
Unemployment 1937
14.3% -
Inflation Rate
3.60% -
Hindenburg Disaster
he Hindenburg disaster occurred on May 6, 1937, as the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock with its mooring mast at Naval Air Station Lakehurst in Manchester Township, New Jersey, United States. -
Unemployment 1938
19% -
Deflation Rate
2.08% -
Unemployment 1939
17.2% -
Deflation Rate
1.42% -
Great Depression Ends
The Great Depression ended in 1939 due to World War II ending and the reduced spending, taxes, and regulations creating economic prosperity. -
Unemployment 1940
14.6% -
Inflation Rate
.72% -
Inflation Rate
5.00% -
Pearl Harbor