Good Ol' Days 1922 - 1928

  • Inflation

    Inflation
    1922- -6.1% 1923- 1.8% 1924- 0.0% 1925- 2.3% 1926- 1.1% 1927- -1.7% 1928- -1.7%
  • Consumer Spending

    Not available during this time period
  • The Reader's Digest Published

    The Reader's Digest Published
  • GDP

    GDP (millions of 1929 dollars) 1922 $73,150
    1923 $82,994
    1924 $85,222
    1925 $87,359
    1926 $93,438
    1927 $94,161
    1928 $95,715
  • Charleston Dance Becomes Popular

    Charleston Dance Becomes Popular
  • GDP per Capita

    1922- 671.83
    1923- 770.01
    1924- 772.74
    1925- 792.72
    1926- 836.07
    1927- 810.87
    1928- 814.67
    1928- 814.67
  • CPI

    1922- 17.85
    1923- 16.83
    1924- 17.05
    1925- 17.25
    1926- 17.65
    1927- 17.5
    1928- 17.25
  • Flapper Dresses in Style

    Flapper Dresses in Style
  • Unemployment rate

    Unemployment (estimated volume) in thousand 1922 - 3,441
    1923 - 1,532 1924 - 2,315 1925 - 1,775 1926 - 1,669 1927 - 2,055 1928 - 3,000
  • Impact of interest rate fluctuations

    the impact of the interest rates did not affect the economy to where people were in a recession.
  • A.A. Milne Publishes Winnie-the-Pooh

    A.A. Milne Publishes Winnie-the-Pooh
  • Impact of Business Cycles on Business Activities

    lots of people sold their stocks in 1923 but the following day larger businesses bought them up
  • fiscal policy

    did not exist yet, but there were ideas of how the federal government should run like decreasing unemployment during a depression and having the right types of tax cuts
  • Monetary Policy

    discount rate- 1922- 4.5-4 ; 1923- 4-4.5 ; 1924- 4.5 - 3 ; 1925- 3 - 3.5 ; 1926- 3.89 - 4 ; 1927- 4 - 3.5 ; 1928- 3.5 - 5.
    open market operations were expanding
  • effects of government expenditures

    government spending was under 4 billion dollars between 1922 and 1928
  • sliced bread

    sliced bread
  • Bubble Gum Invented

    Bubble Gum Invented
  • Effects of Tax Policies on Business

    taxes were cut sharply after world war I and continued to decrease over the years causing the the poor to have more of a burden of paying taxes.