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1. www.history.com › news › post-world-war-ii-boom-economyThe Post World War II Boom: How America Got Into Gear

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   May 14, 2020 · By the summer of 1945, Americans had been living under wartime rationing policies for more than three years, including limits on such common goods as rubber, sugar, gasoline, fuel oil, coffee,...

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2. eh.net › encyclopedia › the-american-economy-duringThe American Economy during World War II – EH.net

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   • California: 7.0
   • Total: 9.8

   • Oregon: 1.1
   • Washington: 1.7

   • Federal Spending and Military Spending during World War II. (dollar values in billions of constant 1940 dollars) Nominal GDP. Federal Spending. Defense Spending.
   • Indices of American Manufacturing Output (1939 = 100) 1940. 1941. 1942. 1943. 1944. Aircraft. 245. 630. 1706. 2842. 2805. Munitions. 140. 423. 2167. 3803. 2033. Shipbuilding. 159.
   • Civilian Employment and Unemployment during World War II. (Numbers in thousands) 1940. 1941. 1942. 1943. 1944. 1945. All Non-institutional Civilians. 99,840. 99,900.
   • Population Growth in Washington, Oregon, and California, 1940-1945. (populations in millions) 1940. 1941. 1942. 1943. 1944. 1945. % growth. 1940-1945. Washington.

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   How much money did the US government spend in 1945?

   • With such a large pool of taxpayers, the American government took in $45 billion in 1945, an enormous increase over the $8.7 billion collected in 1941 but still far short of the $83 billion spent on the war in 1945. Over that same period, federal tax revenue grew from about 8 percent of GDP to more than 20 percent.

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   How did Americans spend their money after WW2?

   • With the war finally over, American consumers were eager to spend their money, on everything from big-ticket items like homes, cars and furniture to appliances, clothing, shoes and everything else in between. U.S. factories answered their call, beginning with the automobile industry.

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   How many Americans were required to pay taxes in 1945?

   • The number of Americans required to pay federal taxes rose from 4 million in 1939 to 43 million in 1945. With such a large pool of taxpayers, the American government took in $45 billion in 1945, an enormous increase over the $8.7 billion collected in 1941 but still far short of the $83 billion spent on the war in 1945.

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   How much money did Americans buy during WW2?

   • By the time war-bond sales ended in 1946, 85 million Americans had purchased more than $185 billion worth of the securities, often through automatic deductions from their paychecks (“Brief History of World War Two Advertising Campaigns: War Loans and Bonds”).

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4. cepr.org › voxeu › columnsWorld War II in America: Spending, deficits ... - CEPR

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   Nov 12, 2019 · For decades people claimed that WWII was a fiscal stimulus that pulled America out of the Great Depression. The official facts seem to fit the story. Defence spending rose from 1.4% of GDP in 1940 to over 37% in 1945 and the federal deficit rose from 3% of GDP in 1939 to 27.5% in 1943.

5. www.bls.gov › opub › mlrConsumer spending in World War II: the forgotten consumer ...

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   See “Family spending and saving in wartime,” bulletin no. 822 (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1945), table 16, page 92, “Summary of average money and nonmoney income and outlay,” for money income receipts ($2,409 for urban)and personal tax payments ($37 for urban).

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7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Post–World_War_IIPost–World War II economic expansion - Wikipedia

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   By 1975, the US economy represented some 35% of the entire world industrial output, and the US economy was over 3 times larger than that of Japan, the next largest economy. [33] The expansion was interrupted in the United States by five recessions ( 1948–49, 1953–54, 1957–58, 1960–61, and 1969–70 ).

8. countrystudies.us › united-states › history-114United States History - The Postwar Economy: 1945-1960

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   As the Cold War unfolded in the decade and a half after World War II, the United States experienced phenomenal economic growth. The war brought the return of prosperity, and in the postwar period the United States consolidated its position as the world's richest country.

9. www.statista.com › topics › 8096Post-World War II economic boom - Statistics & Facts | Statista

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   Mar 6, 2024 · U.S. expenditure on foreign grant programs 1945-1988. Amount spent by the U.S. on (now-inactive) foreign grant programs during the Cold War between 1945 and 1988 (in million U.S. dollars)