Many believe that the stock market crash of 1929 was the immediate and direct cause of the Great depression. However, the Great Depression was caused by many specific economic events leading up to the stock market crash of 1929, such as unequal distribution of wealth among the people and companies, bank failures, major decline in industries, and the collapse of the international trade. ... Even some of the nation's largest banks were investing heavily into the stock market and making risky loans that could easily cause the bank to lose all their money. ... While the collapse of the stock ...

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The Great Depression Starting in the summer of 1929 and continuing over the course of the next four years, financial markets, labor markets, and goods markets all virtually ceased to function. ... Herbert Hoover, who had just been elected President, backed this idea and together they set out to bring down the stock market. In an attempt to bring down equity prices the Federal Reserve sought to keep banks from extending loans that would be used to buy stock money. ... Even after the near crash on March 26, 1929 the Federal Reserve policy continued to suffocate the market by restricting ...

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Stock prices had risen more than fourfold from the low in 1921 to the peak reached in 1929. From 1928 - 1929, the Federal Reserve had raised interest rates in hopes of slowing the rapid rise in stock prices. ... By the fall of 1929, U.S. stock prices had reached levels that could not be justified by reasonable anticipations of future earnings. As a result, when a variety of minor events led to gradual price declines in October 1929, investors lost confidence and the stock market bubble burst. ... The stock market crash reduced American aggregate demand significantly. ...

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