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1959-1965 Good Ol' Days

By miller.bryan

  • 1959 Inflation

    1959 Inflation
    2%

  • CPI 1959

    0.7

  • GDP 1959

    $3.031 Trillion

  • GDP Per Capita 1959

    $17,145.62

  • Unemployment Rate 1959

    5.5%

  • Discount Rate 1959

    2.5

  • Reserve Ratios 1959

    $20 billion

  • Tax Rate 1959

    14.6%

  • Interest Rates Change

    5%

  • 1959 Government Spending

    1959 Government Spending

  • Hawaii and Alaska are added to the U.S

    Hawaii and Alaska are added to the U.S

  • Interest Rates Change

    4.5%

  • Steel Strike of 1959

  • The Henney Kilowatt goes on sale in the US

    It became the first mass-produced electric car in the US in 30 years.

  • 1960 Inflation

    1960 Inflation
    1.3%

  • Unemployment Rate 1960

    5.5%

  • CPI 1960

    1.7

  • GDP 1960

    $3.109 Trillion

  • GDP Per Capita 1960

    $17,220.79

  • Discount Rate 1960

    4.0

  • Reserve Ratios 1960

    $20 Billion

  • Tax Rate 1960

    14.4%

  • 1960 Government Spending

    1960 Government Spending

  • Aldoph Coors III, the chairman of Coors Brewing Company, is kidnapped and killed

  • Civil Rights Act of 1960 is signed into law

  • Period: to

    10 month Contraction

    Recession of 1960-1961

  • Interest Rates Change

    4.5%

  • JFK is elected president over Richard Nixon

  • 1961 Inflation

    1961 Inflation
    1.3%

  • Unemployment Rate 1961

    6.7%

  • CPI 1961

    1.0

  • GDP 1961

    $3.188 Trillion

  • GDP Per Capita 1961

    $17,202.21

  • Discount Rate 1961

    3.0

  • Reserve Ratios 1961

    $21 Billion

  • Tax Rate 1961

    15.5%

  • 1961 Government Spending

    1961 Government Spending

  • Vietnam War officially starts

  • 1962 Inflation

    1962 Inflation
    1.3%

  • Unemployment Rate 1962

    5.5%

  • Reserve Ratios 1962

    $22 Billion

  • CPI 1962

    1.0

  • GDP 1962

    $3.383 Trillion

  • GDP Per Capita 1962

    $18,080.52

  • Discount Rate 1962

    3.0

  • Tax Rate 1962

    14.5%

  • 1962 Government Spending

    1962 Government Spending

  • Wal-Mart offically opens

  • 1963 Inflation

    1963 Inflation
    1.3%

  • Unemployment Rate 1963

    5.7%

  • CPI 1963

    1.3

  • GDP 1963

    $3.530 Trillion

  • GDP Per Capita 1963

    $18,500.67

  • Discount Rate 1963

    3.0

  • Reserve Ratios 1963

    $22 Billion

  • Tax Rate 1963

    14.7%

  • 1963 Government Spending

    1963 Government Spending

  • Newspaper Strike in Toledo, Ohio

  • 1964 Inflation

    1964 Inflation
    1.6%

  • Unemployment Rate 1964

    5.2%

  • CPI 1964

    1.3

  • GDP 1964

    $3.734 Trillion

  • GDP Per Capita 1964

    $19,367.47

  • Discount Rate 1964

    3.5

  • Reserve Ratios 1964

    $23 Billion

  • Tax Rate 1964

    14.2%

  • 1964 Government Spending

    1964 Government Spending

  • The Ford Mustang is introduced

  • 1965 Inflation

    1965 Inflation
    1.2%

  • Unemployment Rate 1965

    4.5%

  • CPI 1965

    1.6

  • GDP 1965

    $3.977 Trillion

  • GDP Per Capita 1965

    $20,207.62

  • Discount Rate 1965

    4.0

  • Reserve Ratios 1965

    $24 Billion

  • Tax Rate 1965

    14.0%

  • 1965 Government Spending

    1965 Government Spending

  • Bloody Sunday happens in Selma, Alabama

    200 officers clashed with 525 civil rights activist

  • The Social Security Act of 1965 is put into law, Medicaid and Medicare are introduced

  • Hurricane Betsy crashes into New Orleans

  • American Airlines Flight 383 crashes on approach to Cincinnati, killing 58 of 62 people on board.

  • Interest Rates Change

    5%