On Oct. 24, 1929, stocks opened 11% lower than the previous day. In a few days, they had lost roughly 25% of their market ...

A clip of Trump expressing hope that the economy would crash before his second term has resurfaced as global markets suffer ...

Smoot-Hawley came to be seen as exemplifying “beggar-thy-neighbour” policies that benefited one nation at the expense of the ...

The Tariff Act of 1890 raised taxes to 49.5% on 1,500-plus items. Championing the move was the “Napoleon of Protectionism,” ...

Died: October 20, 1964 . Despite being at the helm of government when the stock market crashed and the Great Depression set in, Herbert Hoover was not the do-nothing president his detractors claimed.

The Tariff Act of 1930, also known as the Smoot-Hawley Tariff was enacted and signed during former President Herbert Hoover ... began with the stock market crash of 1929. According to an example ...

President Donald Trump warned Americans in 2024 that a vote for Vice President Kamala Harris would be a vote for a market meltdown.

Died: October 20, 1964 . Despite being at the helm of government when the stock market crashed and the Great Depression set in, Herbert Hoover was not the do-nothing president his detractors claimed.

President Herbert Hoover signed ... in the summer of 1929. The Great Depression began with “Black Tuesday” on Oct. 29, 1929, when a panic selloff triggered a stock market collapse, wiping ...