Macroeconomic History Workbench

US Presidential Recessions Explorer

Total Recessions (1929+) 15 NBER Periods
Avg Duration 12.1 Months
GOP Total Months 135 mos (74%)
Dem Total Months 47 mos (26%)

Historical Recessions & Administrations Timeline (1929 – Present)

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Selected: 1929 Great Depression (Click node to lock)
1929–1933

Great Depression

President Herbert Hoover (Republican)

Republican
Duration 43 Months
Peak Unemployment 24.9%
GDP Contraction -26.7%

Key Triggers & Context

Stock market crash of 1929, banking panics, monetary contraction, and Hawley-Smoot tariff implementation leading to severe systemic collapse.

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