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The 2008–2016 United States ammunition shortage was a shortage of civilian small arms ammunition in the United States that started in late 2008, [1] and continued through most or all of 2010, with an additional shortage beginning in December 2012 and continuing throughout 2013. The 2008 election of President Barack Obama triggered increased ...
The New York Stock Exchange reopened that day following a nearly four-and-a-half-month closure since July 30, 1914, and the Dow in fact rose 4.4% that day (from 71.42 to 74.56). However, the apparent decline was due to a later 1916 revision of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which retroactively adjusted the values following the closure but ...
In New York City, approximately 430,000 jobs were lost and there were $2.8 billion in lost wages over the three months following the 9/11 attacks. The economic effects were mainly focused on the city's export economy sectors. [ 17] The GDP for New York City was estimated to have declined by $30.3 billion over the last three months of 2001 and ...
Market pullbacks of 5% or more in the S&P 500 have occurred an average of three times a year since 1936, according to BofA Global Research. Others, however, believe there is more volatility to ...
Read on to learn how all three stock market indexes performed over the past 15 years. The S&P 500: 15-year return of 495% (12.6% annually) The S&P 500 tracks 500 large and profitable U.S. companies.
COVID-19 recession. On 20 February 2020, stock markets across the world suddenly crashed after growing instability due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It ended on 7 April 2020. Beginning on 13 May 2019, the yield curve on U.S. Treasury securities inverted, [1] and remained so until 11 October 2019, when it reverted to normal. [2]
The housing market hasn’t changed much in the past year. Last year, existing home sales fell to their lowest level in almost 30 years and mortgage rates shot up to a more than 20-year high.
In January 2020, Fitch Ratings lowered Boeing's long-term credit rating from A to A-, due to risks of delays in returning the MAX to service. [85] As of March 2020, due to the COVID-19 recession, Boeing's stock had fallen to $129, a 71% deep drop from its March 2019 peak of $446 in the days before the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash. [86]