Panic of 1837
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title:
Panic of 1837
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The Panic of 1837 was a financial crisis in the United States that began a major depression, which lasted until the mid-1840s. Profits, prices, and wages dropped, westward expansion was stalled, unemployment rose, and pessimism abounded. The panic had both domestic and foreign origins. Speculative lending practices in the West, a sharp decline in cotton prices, a collapsing land bubble, international specie flows, and restrictive lending policies in Britain were all factors. The lack of a centra
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19th-century United States financial crisis
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_of_1837
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2003-05-12T06:29:23Z
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2024-09-08T16:15:26Z
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