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  2. History of monetary policy in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Bank of North America was granted a monopoly on the issue of bills of credit as currency at the national level. Prior to the ratification of the Articles of Confederation & Perpetual Union, only the States had sovereign power to charter a bank authorized to issue their own bills of credit. Afterwards, Congress also had that power.

  3. Economic history of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The economic history of the United States spans the colonial era through the 21st century. The initial settlements depended on agriculture and hunting/trapping, later adding international trade, manufacturing, and finally, services, to the point where agriculture represented less than 2% of GDP.

  4. National debt of the United States - Wikipedia

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    A timeline showing projected debt milestones from the CBO. The U.S. federal government is obligated under current law to make mandatory payments for programs such as Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) projects that payouts for these programs will significantly exceed tax revenues over the next 75 ...

  5. Subprime crisis impact timeline - Wikipedia

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    April 3: According to CNN Money, business sources report lenders made $640 billion in subprime loans in 2006, nearly twice the level three years earlier; subprime loans amounted to about 20 percent of the nation's mortgage lending and about 17 percent of home purchases; financial firms and hedge funds likely own more than $1 trillion in ...

  6. History of tariffs in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Morrill Tariff took effect a few weeks before the war began on April 12, 1861, and was not collected in the South. The Confederate States of America (CSA) passed its own tariff of about 15% on most items, including many items that previously were duty-free from the North. Previously tariffs between states were prohibited.

  7. History of taxation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A British newspaper cartoon reacts to the repeal of the Stamp Act 1765.. Taxes were low at the local, colonial, and imperial levels throughout the colonial era. [1] The issue that led to the Revolution was whether Parliament had the right to impose taxes on the Americans when they were not represented in Parliament.

  8. 2008 financial crisis - Wikipedia

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    Typical American families did not fare well, nor did the "wealthy-but-not-wealthiest" families just beneath the pyramid's top. [64] [65] [66] However, half of the poorest families in the United States did not have wealth declines at all during the crisis because they generally did not own financial investments whose value can fluctuate. The ...

  9. Federal funds rate - Wikipedia

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    Inflation (blue) compared to federal funds rate (red) Federal funds rate vs unemployment rate In the United States, the federal funds rate is the interest rate at which depository institutions (banks and credit unions) lend reserve balances to other depository institutions overnight on an uncollateralized basis.