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How much did the Dow drop during the Great Depression?

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The industrial average is often taken as an indicator of the stock market's growth or shrinkage (and thus the strength or weakness of the U.S. economy). In 1929 the average dropped more than 12%, reflecting the crash of the stock market and the start of the Great Depression; in the "crash" of 1987 the average dropped more than 22%.

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