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Application: The Coronavirus Stock Market Crash of 2020
• The spread of the coronavirus in February 2020 triggered a stock market crash in which the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell from a peak of 29,551 on February 12 to 18,561 on March 20, a decline of 37%.
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Application: Monetary Policy and Stock Prices (2 of 2)
• Furthermore, a lowering of interest rates is likely to stimulate the economy, so the growth rate in dividends, g, is likely to be somewhat higher. This rise in g also causes the denominator in Equation 5 to decrease, which also leads to a rise in stock prices.