... as that eventful year unfolded, increasing signs of economic weakness began to appear. Unemployment went up to 25 percent and the Real Gross Development Product (GDP) declined at 29 percent. (Macroeconomics, pg 376) Prior to the stock market crash, the nation was relishing in a state of jubilation. Confidence levels were elevated and the stock market was up. Everybody seemed to be ... ...

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