This Isn’t the First Economic Downturn, And It Won’t Be The Last

One of the things that can exacerbate the current economic condition is panic, and the thought that this is the only time such an economic problem has befallen the United States. However, economic down cycles are natural — the unreasonable thing is expecting unlimited and constant growth.
Over at Stock Trading to Go,  Blain Reinkensmeyer shares some of the economic downturn cycles that the United States has weathered in the past 80 years:

Great Depression (1929 through the late 1930s)
Recession of 1945.
Recession 1948-49.
Post-Korean War Recession (1953-54)
Recession 1957-58
Recession 1960-61
Recession 1969-70
1973 & 1979 energy crises
Recession 1981-82
Recession 1982-83
Western recession 1988-1992
Recession 2001-2003

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