History Replay
The 1929 Crash & Great Depression
The stock market crash of October 1929, a wave of bank failures and a shrinking money supply plunged the U.S. into its worst depression.
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Gray bands = official recessions (NBER). Orange dots = key events. Stepped lines are annual averages. Data sources
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Gross domestic product in current U.S. dollars, 1960–2023 (World Bank). The orange line follows the year you are replaying. Click a country to show or hide it.