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==Mild Downturn???==
Friedman and Schwartz noted that during the sixty days prior to the Crash, productivity was falling at annual rate of 20%, prices were falling at an annual rate of 7.5%, and personal income was falling at an annual rate of 5% <1963, p. 306>.  If a 20% annualized decline is "mild" I'd hate to see what is meant by severe.  [[User:Russell D. Jones|Russell D. Jones]] 18:29, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

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Mild Downturn???

Friedman and Schwartz noted that during the sixty days prior to the Crash, productivity was falling at annual rate of 20%, prices were falling at an annual rate of 7.5%, and personal income was falling at an annual rate of 5% <1963, p. 306>. If a 20% annualized decline is "mild" I'd hate to see what is meant by severe. Russell D. Jones 18:29, 9 June 2010 (UTC)