History Replay
The Panic of 1907 & Birth of the Fed
A banking panic so severe that J.P. Morgan personally organized a rescue — leading Congress to create the Federal Reserve in 1913.
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Gray bands = official recessions (NBER). Orange dots = key events. Stepped lines are annual averages. Data sources
🌍 Global context: the world’s largest economies
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.