Economic Timeline

  • Obamas First Election

    Obamas First Election
    A new leader for our country was picked. This was obamas first time getting elected and also the first african american president in the united states of america
  • Banks stopped Selling bonds

    Banks stopped Selling bonds
    Bonds can now only be purchased online at the us governments website. they allow us to save using your money in promise to pay you back in the following years. they did the same thing during world war two.
  • Trade Deficit Chart

    Trade Deficit Chart
    this chart shows our gdp from how much were trading from 1996 all the way to november 2012. It has gone down ecently because we arent borrowing so much money
  • Government Shutdown

    Government Shutdown
    The government shut down due to disagreement in the budget. Congress had to go in session and shit down all government bulidings and offices to sort out the budget.