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Description: A chart of real US GNP per capita from 1869 to 1918 (covering the period of the Long Depression and the Gilded Age). Annotations are major financial panics during the period (e.g., Panic of 1893, Panic of 1907). Shaded areas are recessions as determined by the NBER. Data on real GNP comes from The American Business Cycle by Robert Gordon (see here). Population data taken from United States census estimates. Figures were adjusted from 1972 dollars to 2009 dollars using CPI estimates from the Federal Reserve. Chart was generated using Google Charts.
Title: US-GNP-per-capita-1869-1918
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Author: Equilibrium007
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