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Stock Prices in the Financial Crisis

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Stock Prices in the Financial Crisis

DATE: September 2009

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ABSTRACT: Stock prices fell roughly 50 percent from peak to trough from October 2007 to March 2009.
These drops in stock prices are large relative to those associated with earlier recessions since World War II.
This extraordinary plunge in stock prices may reflect effects of the financial crisis rather than lower earnings from an especially severe recession.

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Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. "Stock Prices in the Financial Crisis," Notes from the Vault (September 2009). https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/7163/item/656197, accessed on December 2, 2023.

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