Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Comparing Stock Market Crashes



Krugman referenced this paper which compares the tracks of various economic indicators of the current "recession" to those same measures of the Great Depression on a world-wide basis. The above chart of the index of stock market performance by month after the peak is not so hot, as we all already know. Overall, we are in deep stuff. Check out the other charts at the link.

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