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Great Depression

Federal Reserve continues with its plan to raise interest rates

1929
Eccles Building, Washington D.C., U.S.

Consumer spending and industrial production begin to stagnate in Summer. The Federal Reserve continues with its plan to raise interest rates from 4% in mid-1928 to 6% by mid-1929 in an attempt to combat speculative behavior.


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