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1990 Archive Volume

NBER dated recession from July 1990; US property markets had already begun declining in March, with Boston suffering the worst drawdown of 11.6% across the 30-month replay.

5 files in this volume

The year in numbers

36
Replayable scenarios

This year's files

  1. 01July 1990: Three Property Markets Diverge — Patience, Pain, and the 1990s Recovery

    Three national property markets began the 1990s on divergent paths: Norway's oil boom, Canada's recession, and America's recovery all unfolded over the same seven years.

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  2. 021990 Summer: The Gulf Shock and Small-Cap Correction

    August 1990's Iraqi invasion of Kuwait triggered a global market correction; small-caps bore the brunt before recovering in 1991.

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  3. 03Gulf War Shadows: How the 1990 Middle East Crisis Shook Global Equity Markets

    Gulf War escalation in 1990 sent shockwaves through global equities — NASDAQ shed 30.7%, small-caps crashed 26.2%. How did geopolitical risk cascade across US, UK, and Gulf markets?

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  4. 04October 1990: UK and Finland Property Markets Enter Divergent Collapses

    Two national property indices opened October 1990 at similar heights — one entered a grinding seven-year decline, the other a catastrophic contraction triggered by geopolitical collapse.

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  5. 051990 U.S. Property: When the Slow Grind Arrived First

    NBER dated recession from July 1990; US property markets had already begun declining in March, with Boston suffering the worst drawdown of 11.6% across the 30-month replay.

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