Reply To: Depression, gold standard

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jmherbener
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The gold inflows, which occurred after the beginning of 1934, fed monetary inflation and credit expansion which caused the boom of 1934-1937 which led to the bust in 1937-1938.

Here is a chart of the DJIA from 1920-1940:

http://stockcharts.com/freecharts/historical/djia19201940.html