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Following the October 6, 1979 meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, the federal funds rate increased gradually from 11.5% to an eventual peak of 17.6% in April 1980. [6] This caused an economic recession beginning in January 1980, and in March 1980, president Jimmy Carter created his own plan for credit controls and budget cuts to beat ...
The early 1980s recession was a severe economic recession that affected much of the world between approximately the start of 1980 and 1982. [2] [1] [3] Long-term effects of the early 1980s recession contributed to the Latin American debt crisis, long-lasting slowdowns in the Caribbean and Sub-Saharan African countries, [3] the US savings and loan crisis, and a general adoption of neoliberal ...
This weakened but did not stop growth, but some combination of the subsequent 1990 oil price shock, the debt accumulation of the 1980s, and growing consumer pessimism combined with the weakened economy to produce a brief recession. [70] [71] [72] Early 2000s recession: March 2001 – November 2001 8 months 10 years 6.3% (June 2003) −0.3%
The Great Recession–aka The 2008 Financial Crisis. December 2007. June 2009. 1 year, 6 months. The Early ’80’s Recession. July 1981. November 1982. 1 year, 4 months. The Mid-’70’s ...
Pages in category "1980s in economic history" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. ... Early 1980s recession in the United States;
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The letter, the economists said, is reminiscent of the 1980s when homebuilders sent a piece of lumber to the Fed, asking for help in restoring housing demand via lower interest rates. Wells Fargo ...
The National Bureau of Economic Research considers two recessions to have occurred in the early 1980s. [7] The economy fell into recession from January 1980 to July 1980, shrinking at an 8 percent annual rate from April to June 1980. The economy then entered a quick period of growth, and in the first three months of 1981 grew at an 8.4 percent ...