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- Starting with an eight-month slump in 1945, the U.S. economy has weathered 13 different recessions since World War II.
www.history.com/news/us-economic-recessions-timelineHow the US Got Out of 13 Economic Recessions Since World War II
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Before the COVID-19 recession began in March 2020, no post-World War II era had come anywhere near the depth of the Great Depression, which lasted from 1929 until 1941 (which included a bull market between 1933 and 1937) and was caused by the 1929 crash of the stock market and other factors.
- What's A Recession?
- Surveying Past U.S. Recessions
- The Own Goal Recession: May 1937–June 1938
- The V-Day Recession: February 1945–October 1945
- The Post-War Brakes Tap Recession: November 1948–October 1949
- The M*A*S*H* Recession: July 1953–May 1954
- The Investment Bust Recession: August 1957–April 1958
- The 'Rolling Adjustment' Recession: April 1960–February 1961
- The Guns and Butter Recession: December 1969–November 1970
- The Oil Embargo Recession: November 1973–March 1975
Recessions are sometimes defined as two consecutive quarters of decline in real Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which measures the combined value of all the goods and services produced in an economy. In the U.S., the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) defines a recession as "a significant decline in economic activity that is spread across th...
Let's take a look at all official U.S. recessions since the Great Depression, focusing on common measurements of their severity as well as causes. 1. Duration: How long did the recession last, according to NBER? 2. GDP decline: How much did economic activity contract from its prior peak? 3. Peak unemployment rate: What was the maximum proportion of...
Duration: 13 monthsGDP decline: 10%Peak unemployment rate: 20%Reasons and causes: Expansionary monetary and fiscal policies had secured a recovery from the Great Depression after 1933, albeit an uneven and incomplete one. In 1936-1937 policymakers changed cou...Duration: Eight monthsGDP decline: 10.9%Peak unemployment rate:3.8%Reasons and causes: The 1945 recession reflected massive cuts in U.S. government spending and employment toward the end and immediately after World War II. Federal spending fell 40% in 1946 and 38%...Duration: 11 monthsGDP decline:1.7%Peak unemployment rate: 7.9%Reasons and Causes: The first phase of the post-war boom was in some ways comparable to the economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Amid a backlog of consumer demand suppressed during the war...Duration: 10 monthsGDP decline:2.7%Peak unemployment rate: 5.9%Reasons and causes: The wind-down of the Korean War caused government spending to decline dramatically, lowering the federal budget deficitfrom 1.7% of GDP in fiscal 1953 to 0.3% a year later. Mean...Duration: Eight monthsGDP decline:3.7%Peak unemployment rate: 7.4%Reasons and causes: The end of the Korean War unleashed a global investment boom marked by a surge in exports of U.S. capital goods. The Fed responded by tightening monetary policy as the inflation...Duration: 10 monthsGDP decline: 1.6%Peak unemployment rate: 6.9%Reasons and causes: This relatively mild recession was named for the so-called "rolling adjustment" in U.S. industrial sectors tied to consumers' diminished demand for domestic autos amid growing c...Duration: 11 monthsGDP decline: 0.6%Peak unemployment rate:5.9%Reasons and causes: Military spending increased in the late 1960s amid growing U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War and alongside high expenditures on domestic policy initiatives.As a result, the fe...Duration: 16 monthsGDP decline: 3%Peak unemployment rate: 8.6%Reasons and causes: This long, deep recession began following the start of the Arab Oil Embargo, which would quadruple crude prices. That tipped the balance for an economy struggling with the deval...Apr 29, 2020 · Starting with an eight-month slump in 1945, the U.S. economy has weathered 13 different recessions since World War II. On average, America’s post-war recessions have lasted only 10 months, while...
- Dave Roos
Jul 9, 2024 · There have been 11 recessions since 1948, averaging about one recession every six years. But periods of economic expansion are varied and have lasted as little as one year to as long as a decade. The average recession before 2007 lasted about 11 months.
- Kimberly Amadeo
This chart shows every recession the US has gone through since 1960, and how they compare to the economic meltdowns of other countries
It’s not possible to predict exactly when a recession will happen. On average, they have occurred every six to seven years since World War II. How many recessions have we had? Since the Great Depression there have been 14 recessions in the U.S., according to the National Bureau of Economic Research. However, not all economists agree.
Jun 13, 2023 · What have recessions looked like in the past? The US has gone through 34 recessions since 1857. Thirteen of those occurred after World War II. From 1857 to 2020, recessions lasted an average of 17 months. In the 20th and 21st centuries, the average recession length decreased to 14 months.
