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Politics : Welcome to Slider's Dugout

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To: Northern Marlin who wrote (14994)2/2/2009 1:03:11 PM
From: Webster Groves  Read Replies (2) of 50339
 
By 1940 unemployment had dropped 2 years in a row and GNP was up two years in a row. They never looked back:

ingrimayne.com

The US started its war planning and armaments increase as soon as the war in Europe started in late 1939. By 1940 orders were pouring in to industry - big ones:

"By 1940, the Navy had ordered seven more aircraft carriers and four cruisers."

en.wikipedia.org

I suggest avoiding the DOD for your economic data, try the real world.

wg

PS If you had lived through the Depression, 12% unemployment in '41 sounds pretty good.
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