There were several major causes of the Great Depression in the United States.
1. Unequal distribution of wealth. There was not a large middle class. While wages were rising for the majority of workers, they were not keeping pace with the increase in the cost of living or the wealth in the hands of the industrialists and others in the upper income classes.
2. There was over speculation in the Stock Market, which was not regulated.
Many Americans purchased stock on credit. This was known as margin buying.
3. Increased manufacturing and agricultural output, but wages that did not keep pace for the consumers to purchase all that was produced or grown. Hence, inventories increased and agricultural income remained low.
4. Buying on credit, known in the 1920s as installment buying. People purchased things like refrigerators on time, and did not have money to pay for the product in the future, when the bills became due.
5. Federal regulations on businesses also contributed to the cause. Especially favorable to the large corporations were the taxes laws which were written
to encourage business expansion.
6. Banks were permitted to speculate in land and the stock market with little
government regulations.
7. High tariffs and war debts helped spread the depression world wide.
8. The Stock Market Crash of 1929 signaled the beginning of the Great Depression.
The immediate cause of the Great Depression was the stock market crash of 1929, also known as Black Tuesday.
Stock Market Crash
The major reason for a stock market crash is driven by investors sentiments. And these sentiments can be affected by change in government policies, external event or any kind of uncertainty that might affect the the investment climate negatively. If this question pertains to the stock crash that happened 1 year back, then the major reason for it was fleeing of foreign investors from India in a quick span of time. Investors supposedly were facing a liquidity crunch due to loans, foreclosures etc and in order to create liquidity, they started selling of shares in the Indian market to get back their money. Such a behaviour by foreign investors created a stock market crash.
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The immediate cause of the Great Depression was the stock market crash of 1929, also known as Black Tuesday.
Though there were smaller underlying causes, the big crash would be the Stock Market crash of 1929.
Many things can lead to a stock market crash. An example is a natural disaster or an oil spill. When these things happen, many people sell their shares thinking the prices will go down. This causes a crash
Stock Market Crash
The major reason for a stock market crash is driven by investors sentiments. And these sentiments can be affected by change in government policies, external event or any kind of uncertainty that might affect the the investment climate negatively. If this question pertains to the stock crash that happened 1 year back, then the major reason for it was fleeing of foreign investors from India in a quick span of time. Investors supposedly were facing a liquidity crunch due to loans, foreclosures etc and in order to create liquidity, they started selling of shares in the Indian market to get back their money. Such a behaviour by foreign investors created a stock market crash.
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The country entered a depression as the result of the stock market crash.
The Stock Market Crash happened in 1929 on Black Tuesday.
If you are referring to the stock market crash of 1929, that was the beginning of the Great Depression.
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Crash of an overbought, by use of margin buying, stock market