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EH.Net Encyclopedia: Depression of 1893 (3501 words) |
 | This article describes economic developments in the decades leading up to the depression; the performance of the economy during the 1890s; domestic and international causes of the depression; and political and social responses to the depression. |
| It was accompanied by violent strikes, the climax of the Populist and free silver political crusades, the creation of a new political balance, the continuing transformation of the country's economy, major changes in national policy, and far-reaching social and intellectual developments. |
| The National Bureau of Economic Research estimates that the economic contraction began in January 1893 and continued until June 1894. |
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