Market Facts

• 20% drop in one month (happened twice)

De S&P 500 is sinds 1945 met 667,000% gegroeid. Inflatie gecorrigeerd 36,647%.

For context, here are all the times in recent history that the unemployment rate rose 1.2% or more in a year; which is what a 5.5% unemployment rate would be: 1974–75 — Oil shock 1980–82 — Double-dip recession 1990–91 — Gulf War 2001 — Dot-com bust 2007–09 — Great Recession 2020 — COVID

The average amount of rate cuts in all of these episodes was seven.