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  • Eccles Building, Washington D.C., U.S.
    Friday Nov 1, 1929
    Great Depression

    Federal Reserve begins lowering the discount rate

    Eccles Building, Washington D.C., U.S.
    Friday Nov 1, 1929

    The Federal Reserve begins lowering the discount rate from its 6% level.




  • New York City, New York, U.S.
    Wednesday Nov 13, 1929
    Great Depression

    Stock market bottoms out at 198.60

    New York City, New York, U.S.
    Wednesday Nov 13, 1929

    The stock market bottoms out at 198.60, followed by a bear market that would last until April 1930. Commodity prices, however, continue to decline steeply.




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