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Politics : Idea Of The Day

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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (20013)9/6/1998 10:18:00 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF  Read Replies (2) of 50167
 
Easy money policy v/s Tight money policy-- the real rate of interest are the highest, the busts are not made in this kind of moentary environment--

1928-1929 Stock Market boom in US
The Fed takes no effective action to stop the boom getting out of control.
p 509

1929 The Great Crash
The New York stock market crashes on 24 October. The Fed, whose easy money policy stoked the boom, now tightens credit causing a slump in the US economy.
p 509-510

1929-1930 The Great Depression
Widespread bank failures and the surviving banks' curbs on lending cause businesses of all kinds to go bankrupt. The US net national product falls by over half.
p 510

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