Recession & Depression Facts

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The following are a compilation of interesting US recession facts I have collected by examining the DOW indicies between 1929 and now. All facts are compiled as a result of data drawn from yahoo finance and the use of the wikipedia page List of Recessions in the United States.

  • The longest US recession took 84 months to run its course (Depression of 1807)
  • The shortest US recession took just 6 months (Recession of 1980).
  • The average recession/ depression lasts 20 months.
  • The median recession runs 14 months.
  • The current recession has run 21 months.

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