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The Great Depression and Great Recession

The Great Depression and Great Recession. October 3, 2011 Jim Butkiewicz University of Delaware. The recent Great Recession has resulted in significant economic losses and personal suffering Still, the Great Depression was far worse. Comparisons. Treasury’s expansionary monetary policy.

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The Great Depression and Great Recession

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  1. The Great Depression and Great Recession October 3, 2011 Jim Butkiewicz University of Delaware

  2. The recent Great Recession has resulted in significant economic losses and personal suffering • Still, the Great Depression was far worse Comparisons

  3. Treasury’s expansionary monetary policy Recovery from the Depression

  4. Treasury’s expansionary monetary policy • Fiscal policy not expansionary • Bank lending stagnant $20 - $22 billion • Federal lending by new agencies • Home Owner’s Loan Corporation • Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation • Reconstruction Finance Corporation • Commodity Credit Corporation • U.S. Housing Authority and Federal Housing Administration Recovery from the Depression

  5. The downturn was due to a real shock – the bursting of the housing bubble • Initially expansionary monetary response became contractionary, but has since reversed • Impact of fiscal stimulus questionable • State and local governments constrained and have significant unfunded liabilities • Fiscal policy now constrained unlike depression • Bank lending a constraint The Great Recession

  6. You are known by the company you keep

  7. Administration’s anti-business attitude and policies (Obama similar to FDR) • Uncertainty regarding health care policy • Uncertainty about regulation • NLRB – Boeing decision • Continuing housing deflation Remaining Hurdles

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