Recession of 1937–1938

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The Recession of 1937–1938 was a sharp economic downturn in the United States during the New Deal era, marked by renewed declines in industrial production and employment after an initial recovery from the Great Depression.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf economic downturn ⓘ
economic recession ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Recession of 1937 ⓘ
Roosevelt Recession ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
describedBySource U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics historical data ⓘ
U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research business cycle chronology ⓘ
endTime June 1938 ⓘ
fieldOfStudy economic history ⓘ
macroeconomics ⓘ
followedBy World War II economic expansion in the United States ⓘ
follows Great Depression in the United States ⓘ
linked to: Great Depression

early recovery phase of the Great Depression ⓘ
gdpDecline approximately 3 percent real GDP decline in the United States ⓘ
governmentBodyInvolved Federal Reserve System ⓘ
United States Congress ⓘ
hasCause Social Security payroll tax introduction ⓘ
fiscal contraction by the U.S. federal government ⓘ
increases in reserve requirements for banks ⓘ
reduction in New Deal spending ⓘ
tightening of monetary policy by the Federal Reserve ⓘ
hasEffect decline in private investment in the United States ⓘ
decline in real GDP in the United States ⓘ
delay in full recovery from the Great Depression in the United States ⓘ
increased political support for New Deal spending ⓘ
reduction in consumer spending in the United States ⓘ
renewed banking sector stress in the United States ⓘ
rise in unemployment in the United States ⓘ
sharp decline in industrial production in the United States ⓘ
stock market decline in 1937 ⓘ
strengthening of Keynesian arguments for countercyclical fiscal policy ⓘ
headOfGovernmentAtTime Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
industrialProductionDecline approximately 30 percent from mid-1937 to mid-1938 in the United States ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity United States ⓘ
occursDuring New Deal era ⓘ
linked to: New Deal

presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
partOf Great Depression ⓘ
pointInTime 1937 ⓘ
1938 ⓘ
significantEvent Federal Reserve reserve requirement increases of 1936–1937 ⓘ
reinstatement of expansionary fiscal policy in 1938 ⓘ
reversal of New Deal fiscal stimulus ⓘ
sharp fall in U.S. stock prices in 1937 ⓘ
startTime May 1937 ⓘ
topicOf historical analyses of the New Deal ⓘ
macroeconomic research on policy mistakes of the 1930s ⓘ
unemploymentRatePeak approximately 19 percent in 1938 in the United States ⓘ

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Roosevelt administration → significantEvent → Recession of 1937–1938 ⓘ
Recession of 1937–1938 → alsoKnownAs → Roosevelt Recession ⓘ
linked to: Recession of 1937–1938
Recession of 1937–1938 → alsoKnownAs → Recession of 1937 ⓘ
linked to: Recession of 1937–1938
1938 United States House of Representatives elections → relatedEvent → Roosevelt Recession ⓘ
linked to: Recession of 1937–1938