Many of the stocks that rose during the Great Depression were defense stocks like Electric Boat, now a defense subsidiary of General Dynamics (NASDAQ: GD). This was because the U.S. was gearing up ...

(Here are haunting photos that capture the struggles of the Great Depression.) With a lack of resources during the Great Depression, Americans began to adapt by creating imaginative ways to put ...

While many families during the Great Depression were hyper focused on survival, self-sufficiency, and preservation of their own households, there are many frugal habits like “thrift gardens ...

A closer look at Nigeria’s industrial development reveals the long shadow of the Great Depression. During colonial rule, industrialisation was actively discouraged in favour of raw material exports to ...

The banking industry might also resist, said former FDIC Chair Sheila Bair. "They like the status quo." "Though it's not very common, a bank can fail when it takes on too much risk," said CNBC. FDIC ...

An example of this is consumer electronics ... Severe economic contraction during the Great Depression resulted in deflation averaging -10.2% in 1932. As the stock market began to crater in ...

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation was born during the depths of the Great Depression ... The key insight: Banks required customer confidence to function — it was a "vital part" of ...

The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index® pulled back in December. The index decreased to 104.7 this month from November's upwardly revised 112.8. The Present Situation Index, which is ...

ADDS analyst comment, CORRECTS day to Monday in para 9 US consumer confidence fell unexpectedly in December, according to survey data published Monday, as concerns were raised about the impact of ...

The latest data comes as economists had anticipated a climb from November's consumer confidence of 112.8 to ... wasn't serious about his intentions during the campaign," Tombs wrote in a client ...

We provide new evidence that a disruption in credit supply played a quantitatively significant role in the unprecedented contraction of employment during the Great Depression. To analyze the role of ...