Forgotten Fortunes Editorial · Article Discussion
Read the original research: Early National Banking Data and Price Reconstructions (1851–1913)
Story overview: Before the creation of the Federal Reserve System and the official Consumer Price Index in 1913, tracking American inflation and credit relied on fragmented banking ledgers and later statistical reconstructions by economists Ethel D. Hoover, Albert Rees, and the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Discussion question: Which financial decisions increased or reduced the risks in this case?
Have a different interpretation? Share the evidence and explain why.
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