1926-1941

  • Inflation Rate

    1.14%
  • Unemployment Rate

    1.9%
  • Deflation Rate

    1.78%
  • Unemployment Rate

    4.1%
  • Inflation Rate

    1.14%
  • Unemployment Rate

    4.4%
  • Stock Prices

    Stock prices rise 40% over the course of the year. However, the boom is artificial
  • Inflation Rate

    0%
  • Unemployment Rate

    3.2%
  • Great Depression

    The Great Depression began on October 29, 1929. It began due to the U.S Stock market collapse.
  • Deflation Rate

    2.34%
  • Unemployment Rate

    8.9%
  • Unemployment 1931

    15.9%
  • Deflation Rate

    8.98%
  • Unemployment 1932

    23.6%
  • Very High Deflation Rate

    9.87%
  • Record Unemployment 1933

    24.9%
  • Deflation Rate

    5.11%
  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt Elected President

    Assuming the Presidency at the depth of the Great Depression as our 32nd President (1933-1945), Franklin D. Roosevelt helped the American people regain faith in themselves.
  • Unemployment 1934

    21.7%
  • Inflation Rate

    3.08%
  • Dustbowl

    The dustbowl was a consequence from the drought that had occurred throughout the early 1930's.
  • Unemployment 1935

    20.1%
  • Inflation Rate

    2.24%
  • Creation of Social Security

    Social Security was created by Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  • Unemployment 1936

    16.9%
  • Inflation Rate

    1.46%
  • Unemployment 1937

    14.3%
  • Inflation Rate

    3.60%
  • Hindenburg Disaster

    he Hindenburg disaster occurred on May 6, 1937, as the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock with its mooring mast at Naval Air Station Lakehurst in Manchester Township, New Jersey, United States.
  • Unemployment 1938

    19%
  • Deflation Rate

    2.08%
  • Unemployment 1939

    17.2%
  • Deflation Rate

    1.42%
  • Great Depression Ends

    The Great Depression ended in 1939 due to World War II ending and the reduced spending, taxes, and regulations creating economic prosperity.
  • Unemployment 1940

    14.6%
  • Inflation Rate

    .72%
  • Inflation Rate

    5.00%
  • Pearl Harbor