Steep tariffs risk sparking retaliatory measures that could rattle the domestic economy. It’s happened before.

Based on what 155 years of historic precedent tells us about notable declines in M2 and the performance of the U.S. economy ...

The longest recession in American history took place between 1929 and 1939. Known as the Great Depression, this economic crisis was noteworthy in terms of both its length and its severity.

However, comparing it to the Great Depression is hyperbolic. This is reminiscent of the old Harry S. Truman adage, “It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you ...

The Gilsons had no idea their shovels would strike something extraordinary ... and the bills were marked with the year 1934-a time when the Great Depression gripped the nation.

The Wall Street Crash in 1929 plunged the USA into economic depression and led to the Great Depression of the 1930s. What were the main causes of the Depression? Life during the Depression - WJEC ...

They had lived through the Great Depression and the Second World War ... There had been false finds and minor strikes, but it was an industry defined more by possibility than reality.