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President

Herbert Hoover

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Congress

71st Congress

James E. Watson

Nicholas Longworth

72nd Congress

John Nance Garner

73rd Congress

Henry T. Rainey

Joseph T. Robinson

74th Congress

Joseph W. Byrns

Robert F. Wagner

75th Congress

Alben Barkley

William B. Bankhead

76th Congress

Carl Hatch

Agencies

National Recovery Administration

Public Works Administration

National Labor Relations Board

Works Progress Administration

Legislation

Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act

Reconstruction Finance Corporation

Revenue Act of 1928

Revenue Act of 1932

Agricultural Adjustment Act

Civilian Conservation Corps

Emergency Banking Relief Act

Glass-Steagall Act

Home Owners' Loan Corporation

National Industrial Recovery Act

Securities Act

Tennessee Valley Authority

Revenue Act of 1934

Revenue Act of 1935

Social Security Act

Wagner Act

Revenue Act of 1936

Rural Electrification Act

Undistributed Profits Tax

Civil Aeronautics Act

Fair Labor Standards Act

Hatch Act

Neutrality Act of 1939

Parties

Democratic Party History

Republican Party History

Elections

1928 US House Elections

1928 US Senate Elections

1930 US House Elections

1930 US Senate Elections

1932 US House Elections

1932 US Senate Elections

1934 US House Elections

1934 US Senate Elections

1936 US House Elections

1936 US Senate Elections

1938 US House Elections

1938 US Senate Elections

Economy

Gold Standard

Great Depression

Wall Street Crash of 1929

Creditanstalt Bank

Recession of 1937

Analysis

Causes of the Great Depression

The Great Depression

Economic Recovery in the Great Depression

Scapegoats

Andrew Mellon

Samuel Insull

Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United_States

Opinion

Hoover Acts to Keep Wages and Prices Up

Letting the Banks Fail

The Tariff Act of 1930

Bailing Out Businesses with the RFC

The National Industrial Recovery Act

Prosecuting Businessmen

The Social Security Act

The Wagner Act

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year	gdp	gdp_change	gdp_deflator	m2	m2_change	m2_new	cpi	cpi_change	fed_spend	fed_deficit	top_tax_rate	jobless	dow_open	dow_close
1900	20.7	0	0	6.6	0	9.24	2500	0	0.52	0.046		5		
1901	22.4	0	0	7.48	13.33	10.47	2500	0	0.53	0.063		4		
1902	24.2	0	0	8.17	9.22	11.44	2600	4	0.49	0.077		3.7		
1903	26.1	0	0	8.68	6.24	12.15	2700	3.85	0.52	0.045		3.9		
1904	25.8	0	0	9.24	6.45	12.94	2700	0	0.58	-0.043		5.4		
1905	28.9	0	0	10.24	10.82	14.34	2700	0	0.57	-0.023		4.3		
1906	30.9	0	0	11.08	8.2	15.51	2700	0	0.57	0.025		1.7		
1907	34	0	0	11.6	4.69	16.24	2800	3.7	0.58	0.087		2.8		
1908	30.3	0	0	11.44	-1.38	16.02	2700	-3.57	0.66	-0.057		8		
1909	32.2	0	0	12.68	10.84	17.75	2700	0	0.69	-0.089		5.1		
1910	33.4	0	0	13.34	5.21	18.68	2800	3.7	0.69	-0.018		5.9		
1911	34.3	0	0	14.12	5.85	19.77	2800	0	0.69	0.011		6.7		
1912	37.4	0	0	15.13	7.15	21.18	2900	3.57	0.69	0.003		4.6		
1913	39.1	0	0	15.78	4.3	22.09	2970	2.41	0.72	0.000	7	4.3		
1914	36.5	0	0	16.89	7.03	23.65	3010	1.35	0.73	0.000	7	7.9		
1915	38.7	0	0	17.59	4.14	24.63	3040	1	0.75	-0.063	7	8.5		
1916	49.6	0	0	20.85	18.53	29.19	3270	7.57	0.71	0.048	15	5.1		
1917	59.7	0	0	24.37	16.88	34.12	3840	17.43	1.95	-0.853	67	4.6		
1918	75.8	0	0	26.73	9.68	37.42	4510	17.45	12.68	-9.032	77	1.4		
1919	78.3	0	0	31.01	16.01	43.41	5180	14.86	18.49	-13.363	73	1.4		
1920	88.4	0	0	34.8	12.22	48.72	6000	15.83	6.36	0.291	73	5.2		
1921	73.6	0	0	32.85	-5.6	45.99	5360	-10.67	5.06	0.509	73	11.7		
1922	73.4	0	0	33.72	2.65	47.21	5020	-6.34	3.29	0.736	58	6.7		
1923	85.4	0	0	36.6	8.54	51.24	5110	1.79	3.14	0.713	43.5	2.4		
1924	87	0	0	38.58	5.41	54.01	5120	0.2	2.91	0.963	46	5		
1925	90.6	0	0	42.05	8.99	58.87	5250	2.54	2.92	0.717	25	3.2		
1926	97	0	0	43.68	3.88	61.15	5300	0.95	2.93	0.865	25	1.8		
1927	95.5	0	0	44.78	2.52	62.69	5200	-1.89	2.86	1.155	25	3.3		
1928	97.4	0	0	46.42	3.66	64.99	5130	-1.35	2.96	0.939	25	4.2		
1929	103.6	3.6	0	46.6	0.39	65.24	5130	0	3.13	0.734	24	3.2	300.31	248.48
1930	92.2	-8.6	-3.4	45.73	-1.87	64.02	5000	-2.53	3.3	0.8	25	8	248.48	164.58
1931	77.4	-6.4	-9.7	42.69	-6.65	59.77	4560	-8.8	3.6	-0.6	25	15.9	164.58	77.9
1932	59.5	-13	-10.2	36.05	-15.55	50.47	4090	-10.31	4.7	-4.0	63	23.6	74.06	60.26
1933	57.2	-1.3	-2.7	32.22	-10.62	45.11	3880	-5.13	4.6	-4.5	63	24.9	59.93	98.67
1934	66.8	10.8	6.2	34.36	6.64	48.1	4010	3.35	6.5	-5.9	63	21.7	99.9	104.04
1935	74.3	8.9	2.2	39.07	13.71	54.7	4110	2.49	6.4	-4.0	63	20	104.04	144.13
1936	84.9	13	1.3	43.48	11.29	60.87	4150	0.97	8.2	-5.5	79	16.9	144.13	179.9
1937	93	5.1	4.6	45.68	5.06	63.95	4300	3.61	7.6	-2.5	79	14.3	178.39	120.85
1938	87.4	-3.4	-2.8	45.51	-0.37	63.71	4220	-1.86	6.8	-0.1	79	19	120.85	154.36
1939	93.5	8.1	-1.1	49.27	8.26	68.98	4160	-1.42	9.1	-3.2	79	17.2	154.76	149.99
1940	102.9	8.8	1.2	55.2	12.04	77.28	4200	0.96	9.5	-2.9	81.1	14.6		
1941	129.4	17.1	7.9	62.51	13.24	87.51	4410	5	13.7	-4.9	81	9.9		
1942	166	18.5	9.2	71.16	13.84	99.62	4880	10.66	35.1	-20.5	88	4.7		
1943	203.1	16.4	6.3	89.91	26.35	125.87	5180	6.15	78.6	-54.6	88	1.9		
1944	224.6	8.1	2.6	106.82	18.81	149.55	5270	1.74	91.3	-47.6	94	1.2		
1945	228.2	-1.1	2.6	126.63	18.55	177.28	5390	2.28	92.7	-47.6	94	1.9		
1946	227.8	-11	10.6	138.73	9.56	194.22	5850	8.53	55.2	-15.9	86.45	3.9		
1947	249.9	-0.9	10.7	146	5.24	204.4	6690	14.36	34.5	4.0	86.45	3.9		
1948	274.8	4.4	5.8	148.11	1.45	207.35	7210	7.77	29.8	11.8	82.13	3.8		
1949	272.8	-0.5	-0.2	147.46	-0.44	206.44	7140	-0.97	38.8	0.6	82.13	6.1		
1950	300.2	8.7	1.2	150.81	2.27	211.13	7210	0.98	42.6	-3.1	84.36	3		
1951	347.3	7.7	7.8	156.45	3.74	219.03	7780	7.91	45.5	6.1	91	3.3		
1952	367.7	3.8	1.8	164.92	5.41	230.89	7950	2.19	67.7	-1.5	92	3		
1953	389.7	4.6	1.3	171.19	3.8	239.67	8010	0.75	76.1	-6.5	92	2.9		
1954	391.1	-0.7	1	177.16	3.49	248.02	8050	0.5	70.9	-1.2	91	5.5		
1955	426.2	7.1	1.9	183.69	3.69	257.17	8020	-0.37	68.4	-3.0	91	4.4		
1956	450.1	1.9	3.6	186.87	1.73	261.62	8140	1.5	70.6	3.9	91	4.1		
1957	474.9	2	3.4	191.82	2.65	268.55	8430	3.56	76.6	3.4	91	4.3		
1958	482	-1	2.3	201.12	4.85	281.57	8660	2.73	82.4	-2.8	91	6.8		
1959	522.5	7.1	1.3	210.67	4.75	293.3	8730	0.81	92.1	-12.8	91	5.5		
1960	543.3	2.5	1.4	221.24	5.02	304.3	8870	1.6	92.2	0.3	91	5.5		
1961	563.3	2.3	1.2	233.92	5.73	324.83	8960	1.01	97.7	-3.3	91	6.7		
1962	605.1	6.1	1.4	249.15	6.51	350.1	9060	1.12	106.8	-7.1	91	5.5		
1963	638.6	4.4	1.1	264.73	6.25	379.61	9170	1.21	111.3	-4.8	91	5.7		
1964	685.8	5.8	1.6	285.89	7.99	409.33	9290	1.31	118.5	-5.9	77	5.2		
1965	743.7	6.4	2	308.02	7.74	442.45	9450	1.72	118.2	-1.4	70	4.5		
1966	815	6.5	3	331.78	7.71	471.38	9720	2.86	134.5	-3.7	70	3.8		
1967	861.7	2.5	3.2	361.6	8.99	503.64	10000	2.88	157.5	-8.6	70	3.8		
1968	942.5	4.8	4.5	385.17	6.52	545.3	10420	4.2	178.1	-25.2	75.25	3.6		
1969	1019.9	3.1	5.1	401.29	6.13	578.73	10980	5.37	183.64	3.24	77	3.5		
1970	1075.9	0.2	5.3	0	3.93	601.46	11630	5.92	195.65	-2.84	71.75	4.9		
1971	1167.8	3.4	5.1	0	12.13	674.41	12150	4.47	210.17	-23.03	70	5.9		
1972	1282.4	5.3	4.6	0	12.42	758.17	12540	3.21	230.68	-23.37	70	5.6		
1973	1428.5	5.8	5.9	0	9.71	831.76	13320	6.22	245.71	-14.91	70	4.9		
1974	1548.8	-0.5	9	0	5.87	880.56	14790	11.04	269.36	-6.14	70	5.6		
1975	1688.9	-0.2	9.4	0	9.42	963.5	16140	9.13	332.33	-53.24	70	8.5		
1976	1877.6	5.3	6.1	0	12.77	1086.53	17070	5.76	371.79	-73.73	70	7.7		
1977	2086	4.6	6.7	0	12.39	1221.19	18180	6.5	95.98	-53.66	70	7.1		
1978	2356.6	5.6	7.4	0	8.27	1322.23	19560	7.59	409.22	-59.19	70	6.1		
1979	2632.1	3.2	8.5	0	7.82	1425.67	21780	11.35	458.75	-40.73	70	5.8		
1980	2862.5	-0.2	9	0	0	1540.18	0	0	504.03	-73.83	70	7.1		
1981	3211	2.5	9.7	0	0	1679.29	0	0	590.94	-78.97	69.13	7.6		
1982	3345	-1.9	5.9	0	0	1832.63	0	0	678.24	-127.98	50	9.7		
1983	3638.1	4.5	4.2	0	0	2056.88	0	0	745.74	-207.8	50	9.6		
1984	4040.7	7.2	4	0	0	2221.2	0	0	808.36	-185.37	50	7.5		
1985	4346.7	4.1	3.2	0	0	2418.97	0	0	851.85	-212.31	50	7.2		
1986	4590.2	3.5	2.2	0	0	2615.84	0	0	946.4	-221.22	50	7		
1987	4870.2	3.4	2.8	0	0	2786.04	0	0	990.43	-149.73	38.5	6.2		
1988	5252.6	4.1	3.6	0	0	2936.23	0	0	1004.08	-155.15	28	5.4		
1989	5657.7	3.5	4	0	0	3059.71	0	0	1064.46	-152.46	28	5.3		
1990	5979.6	1.9	3.9	0	0	3227.16	0	0	1143.65	-221.2	28	5.5		
1991	6174	-0.2	3.5	0	0	3346.39	0	0	1253.17	-269.33	31	6.9		
1992	6539.3	3.3	2.4	0	0	3408.29	0	0	1324.37	-290.38	31	7.4		
1993	6878.7	2.7	2.3	0	0	3444.14	0	0	1381.66	-255.09	39.6	6.8		
1994	7308.8	4	2.2	0	0	3490.18	0	0	1409.49	-203.25	39.6	6.1		
1995	7664.1	2.5	2.1	0	0	3562.43	0	0	1461.88	-163.97	39.6	5.6		
1996	8100.2	3.7	2	0	0	3735.03	0	0	1515.8	-107.47	39.6			
1997	8608.5	4.5	1.7	0	0	3922.38	0	0	1560.54	-21.96	39.6			
1998	9089.2	4.2	1.1	0	0	4202.05	0	0	1601.25	69.21	39.6			
1999	9660.6	4.5	1.5	0	0	4512.37	0	0	1652.59	125.56	39.6			
2000	10284.8	3.7	2.2	0	0	4781.98	0	0	1701.89	236.45	39.6			
2001	10621.8	0.8	2.4	0	0	5199.68	0	0	1788.77	127.3	39.1			
2002	10977.5	1.6	1.8	0	0	5594.45	0	0	1863.9	-157.8	38.6			
2003	11510.7	2.5	2.2	0	0	5979.91	0	0	2010.98	-304.16	35			
2004	12274.9	3.6	3	0	0	6259.13	0	0	2140.38		35			
2005	13093.7	3.1	3.3	0	0	6525.14	0	0			35			
2006	13855.9	2.9	3.2	0	0	6868.14	0	0			35			
2007	14477.6	2	5	0	0	7300.24	0	0			35			
2008	14718.6	4	4	0	0	7820.33	0	0			35			
2009	14418.7	3	4	0	0	8434.79	0	0			35			
2010	14964.4	2	4	0	0	8613.9	0	0			35

Year	Gross Domestic Product	Annual Change in Gross Domestic Product	GDP Deflator	M2 Money Supply	Annual Change in M2	M2 Money Supply (New Series)	Consumer Product Index
	Annual CPI Change	Annual Federal Spending	Annual Federal Deficit	Top Marginal Income Tax Rate	Average Annual Unemployment Rate	Dow Jones Industrials Open	Dow Jones Industrials Close
1900	20.7	0	0	6.6	0	9.24	2500
	0	0.52	0.046		5
1901	22.4	0	0	7.48	13.33	10.47	2500
	0	0.53	0.063		4
1902	24.2	0	0	8.17	9.22	11.44	2600
	4	0.49	0.077		3.7
1903	26.1	0	0	8.68	6.24	12.15	2700
	3.85	0.52	0.045		3.9
1904	25.8	0	0	9.24	6.45	12.94	2700
	0	0.58	-0.043		5.4
1905	28.9	0	0	10.24	10.82	14.34	2700
	0	0.57	-0.023		4.3
1906	30.9	0	0	11.08	8.2	15.51	2700
	0	0.57	0.025		1.7
1907	34	0	0	11.6	4.69	16.24	2800
	3.7	0.58	0.087		2.8
1908	30.3	0	0	11.44	-1.38	16.02	2700
	-3.57	0.66	-0.057		8
1909	32.2	0	0	12.68	10.84	17.75	2700
	0	0.69	-0.089		5.1
1910	33.4	0	0	13.34	5.21	18.68	2800
	3.7	0.69	-0.018		5.9
1911	34.3	0	0	14.12	5.85	19.77	2800
	0	0.69	0.011		6.7
1912	37.4	0	0	15.13	7.15	21.18	2900
	3.57	0.69	0.003		4.6
1913	39.1	0	0	15.78	4.3	22.09	2970
	2.41	0.72	0.000	7	4.3
1914	36.5	0	0	16.89	7.03	23.65	3010
	1.35	0.73	0.000	7	7.9
1915	38.7	0	0	17.59	4.14	24.63	3040
	1	0.75	-0.063	7	8.5
1916	49.6	0	0	20.85	18.53	29.19	3270
	7.57	0.71	0.048	15	5.1
1917	59.7	0	0	24.37	16.88	34.12	3840
	17.43	1.95	-0.853	67	4.6
1918	75.8	0	0	26.73	9.68	37.42	4510
	17.45	12.68	-9.032	77	1.4
1919	78.3	0	0	31.01	16.01	43.41	5180
	14.86	18.49	-13.363	73	1.4
1920	88.4	0	0	34.8	12.22	48.72	6000
	15.83	6.36	0.291	73	5.2
1921	73.6	0	0	32.85	-5.6	45.99	5360
	-10.67	5.06	0.509	73	11.7
1922	73.4	0	0	33.72	2.65	47.21	5020
	-6.34	3.29	0.736	58	6.7
1923	85.4	0	0	36.6	8.54	51.24	5110
	1.79	3.14	0.713	43.5	2.4
1924	87	0	0	38.58	5.41	54.01	5120
	0.2	2.91	0.963	46	5
1925	90.6	0	0	42.05	8.99	58.87	5250
	2.54	2.92	0.717	25	3.2
1926	97	0	0	43.68	3.88	61.15	5300
	0.95	2.93	0.865	25	1.8
1927	95.5	0	0	44.78	2.52	62.69	5200
	-1.89	2.86	1.155	25	3.3
1928	97.4	0	0	46.42	3.66	64.99	5130
	-1.35	2.96	0.939	25	4.2
1929	103.6	3.6	0	46.6	0.39	65.24	5130
	0	3.13	0.734	24	3.2	300.31	248.48
1930	92.2	-8.6	-3.4	45.73	-1.87	64.02	5000
	-2.53	3.3	0.8	25	8	248.48	164.58
1931	77.4	-6.4	-9.7	42.69	-6.65	59.77	4560
	-8.8	3.6	-0.6	25	15.9	164.58	77.9
1932	59.5	-13	-10.2	36.05	-15.55	50.47	4090
	-10.31	4.7	-4.0	63	23.6	74.06	60.26
1933	57.2	-1.3	-2.7	32.22	-10.62	45.11	3880
	-5.13	4.6	-4.5	63	24.9	59.93	98.67
1934	66.8	10.8	6.2	34.36	6.64	48.1	4010
	3.35	6.5	-5.9	63	21.7	99.9	104.04
1935	74.3	8.9	2.2	39.07	13.71	54.7	4110
	2.49	6.4	-4.0	63	20	104.04	144.13
1936	84.9	13	1.3	43.48	11.29	60.87	4150
	0.97	8.2	-5.5	79	16.9	144.13	179.9
1937	93	5.1	4.6	45.68	5.06	63.95	4300
	3.61	7.6	-2.5	79	14.3	178.39	120.85
1938	87.4	-3.4	-2.8	45.51	-0.37	63.71	4220
	-1.86	6.8	-0.1	79	19	120.85	154.36
1939	93.5	8.1	-1.1	49.27	8.26	68.98	4160
	-1.42	9.1	-3.2	79	17.2	154.76	149.99
1940	102.9	8.8	1.2	55.2	12.04	77.28	4200
	0.96	9.5	-2.9	81.1	14.6
1941	129.4	17.1	7.9	62.51	13.24	87.51	4410
	5	13.7	-4.9	81	9.9
1942	166	18.5	9.2	71.16	13.84	99.62	4880
	10.66	35.1	-20.5	88	4.7
1943	203.1	16.4	6.3	89.91	26.35	125.87	5180
	6.15	78.6	-54.6	88	1.9
1944	224.6	8.1	2.6	106.82	18.81	149.55	5270
	1.74	91.3	-47.6	94	1.2
1945	228.2	-1.1	2.6	126.63	18.55	177.28	5390
	2.28	92.7	-47.6	94	1.9
1946	227.8	-11	10.6	138.73	9.56	194.22	5850
	8.53	55.2	-15.9	86.45	3.9
1947	249.9	-0.9	10.7	146	5.24	204.4	6690
	14.36	34.5	4.0	86.45	3.9
1948	274.8	4.4	5.8	148.11	1.45	207.35	7210
	7.77	29.8	11.8	82.13	3.8
1949	272.8	-0.5	-0.2	147.46	-0.44	206.44	7140
	-0.97	38.8	0.6	82.13	6.1
1950	300.2	8.7	1.2	150.81	2.27	211.13	7210
	0.98	42.6	-3.1	84.36	3
1951	347.3	7.7	7.8	156.45	3.74	219.03	7780
	7.91	45.5	6.1	91	3.3
1952	367.7	3.8	1.8	164.92	5.41	230.89	7950
	2.19	67.7	-1.5	92	3
1953	389.7	4.6	1.3	171.19	3.8	239.67	8010
	0.75	76.1	-6.5	92	2.9
1954	391.1	-0.7	1	177.16	3.49	248.02	8050
	0.5	70.9	-1.2	91	5.5
1955	426.2	7.1	1.9	183.69	3.69	257.17	8020
	-0.37	68.4	-3.0	91	4.4
1956	450.1	1.9	3.6	186.87	1.73	261.62	8140
	1.5	70.6	3.9	91	4.1
1957	474.9	2	3.4	191.82	2.65	268.55	8430
	3.56	76.6	3.4	91	4.3
1958	482	-1	2.3	201.12	4.85	281.57	8660
	2.73	82.4	-2.8	91	6.8
1959	522.5	7.1	1.3	210.67	4.75	293.3	8730
	0.81	92.1	-12.8	91	5.5
1960	543.3	2.5	1.4	221.24	5.02	304.3	8870
	1.6	92.2	0.3	91	5.5
1961	563.3	2.3	1.2	233.92	5.73	324.83	8960
	1.01	97.7	-3.3	91	6.7
1962	605.1	6.1	1.4	249.15	6.51	350.1	9060
	1.12	106.8	-7.1	91	5.5
1963	638.6	4.4	1.1	264.73	6.25	379.61	9170
	1.21	111.3	-4.8	91	5.7
1964	685.8	5.8	1.6	285.89	7.99	409.33	9290
	1.31	118.5	-5.9	77	5.2
1965	743.7	6.4	2	308.02	7.74	442.45	9450
	1.72	118.2	-1.4	70	4.5
1966	815	6.5	3	331.78	7.71	471.38	9720
	2.86	134.5	-3.7	70	3.8
1967	861.7	2.5	3.2	361.6	8.99	503.64	10000
	2.88	157.5	-8.6	70	3.8
1968	942.5	4.8	4.5	385.17	6.52	545.3	10420
	4.2	178.1	-25.2	75.25	3.6
1969	1019.9	3.1	5.1	401.29	6.13	578.73	10980
	5.37	183.64	3.24	77	3.5
1970	1075.9	0.2	5.3	0	3.93	601.46	11630
	5.92	195.65	-2.84	71.75	4.9
1971	1167.8	3.4	5.1	0	12.13	674.41	12150
	4.47	210.17	-23.03	70	5.9
1972	1282.4	5.3	4.6	0	12.42	758.17	12540
	3.21	230.68	-23.37	70	5.6
1973	1428.5	5.8	5.9	0	9.71	831.76	13320
	6.22	245.71	-14.91	70	4.9
1974	1548.8	-0.5	9	0	5.87	880.56	14790
	11.04	269.36	-6.14	70	5.6
1975	1688.9	-0.2	9.4	0	9.42	963.5	16140
	9.13	332.33	-53.24	70	8.5
1976	1877.6	5.3	6.1	0	12.77	1086.53	17070
	5.76	371.79	-73.73	70	7.7
1977	2086	4.6	6.7	0	12.39	1221.19	18180
	6.5	95.98	-53.66	70	7.1
1978	2356.6	5.6	7.4	0	8.27	1322.23	19560
	7.59	409.22	-59.19	70	6.1
1979	2632.1	3.2	8.5	0	7.82	1425.67	21780
	11.35	458.75	-40.73	70	5.8
1980	2862.5	-0.2	9	0	0	1540.18	0
	0	504.03	-73.83	70	7.1
1981	3211	2.5	9.7	0	0	1679.29	0
	0	590.94	-78.97	69.13	7.6
1982	3345	-1.9	5.9	0	0	1832.63	0
	0	678.24	-127.98	50	9.7
1983	3638.1	4.5	4.2	0	0	2056.88	0
	0	745.74	-207.8	50	9.6
1984	4040.7	7.2	4	0	0	2221.2	0
	0	808.36	-185.37	50	7.5
1985	4346.7	4.1	3.2	0	0	2418.97	0
	0	851.85	-212.31	50	7.2
1986	4590.2	3.5	2.2	0	0	2615.84	0
	0	946.4	-221.22	50	7
1987	4870.2	3.4	2.8	0	0	2786.04	0
	0	990.43	-149.73	38.5	6.2
1988	5252.6	4.1	3.6	0	0	2936.23	0
	0	1004.08	-155.15	28	5.4
1989	5657.7	3.5	4	0	0	3059.71	0
	0	1064.46	-152.46	28	5.3
1990	5979.6	1.9	3.9	0	0	3227.16	0
	0	1143.65	-221.2	28	5.5
1991	6174	-0.2	3.5	0	0	3346.39	0
	0	1253.17	-269.33	31	6.9
1992	6539.3	3.3	2.4	0	0	3408.29	0
	0	1324.37	-290.38	31	7.4
1993	6878.7	2.7	2.3	0	0	3444.14	0
	0	1381.66	-255.09	39.6	6.8
1994	7308.8	4	2.2	0	0	3490.18	0
	0	1409.49	-203.25	39.6	6.1
1995	7664.1	2.5	2.1	0	0	3562.43	0
	0	1461.88	-163.97	39.6	5.6
1996	8100.2	3.7	2	0	0	3735.03	0
	0	1515.8	-107.47	39.6
1997	8608.5	4.5	1.7	0	0	3922.38	0
	0	1560.54	-21.96	39.6
1998	9089.2	4.2	1.1	0	0	4202.05	0
	0	1601.25	69.21	39.6
1999	9660.6	4.5	1.5	0	0	4512.37	0
	0	1652.59	125.56	39.6
2000	10284.8	3.7	2.2	0	0	4781.98	0
	0	1701.89	236.45	39.6
2001	10621.8	0.8	2.4	0	0	5199.68	0
	0	1788.77	127.3	39.1
2002	10977.5	1.6	1.8	0	0	5594.45	0
	0	1863.9	-157.8	38.6
2003	11510.7	2.5	2.2	0	0	5979.91	0
	0	2010.98	-304.16	35
2004	12274.9	3.6	3	0	0	6259.13	0
	0	2140.38		35
2005	13093.7	3.1	3.3	0	0	6525.14	0
	0			35
2006	13855.9	2.9	3.2	0	0	6868.14	0
	0			35
2007	14477.6	2	5	0	0	7300.24	0
	0			35
2008	14718.6	4	4	0	0	7820.33	0
	0			35
2009	14418.7	3	4	0	0	8434.79	0
	0			35
2010	14964.4	2	4	0	0	8613.9	0
	0			35

Consumer Price Index:
The US Census Bureau maintains a time series, E-135: Consumer Price Indexes (all items) from 1800 to 1970.
Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, Part 1
E. Prices and Price Indexes: Series E-135; p.211 (pdf)

Why Stuck on Stupid?

Seventy years ago the leaders of both US political parties turned away from the policies that had created an economic powerhouse we call the Roaring Twenties. For ten long years Americans suffered through wrenching economic dislocations: deflation, inflation, a four-year economic contraction, endless unemployment, mindless political experiments, and ruthless attacks on businessmen for political gain as their leaders stayed Stuck on Stupid.

Today, after a twenty-five year economic boom, Americans are once more faced with a political elite that wants to monkey with success. It wants to raise tax rates. It wants to restrict trade. It wants to increase government power.

It‘s time to look back and remind ourselves how it came to be, starting in 1929, that America got itself Stuck on Stupid. Otherwise it could happen again.

1929-1939: “A Decade that will live — in stupidity.”

Road to the Middle Class