1932年2月27日
In February of 1932, troubles with both gold and currency threatened to send the U.S. economy, already ravaged by the Depression, spiraling into even worse fiscal waters. As the Depression rolled along, many people stockpiled supplies of gold and cash, which created gaping shortages. Moreover, foreign governments were yanking their support for the gold standard: towards the end of 1931, the British withdrew completely from the standard. After surveying the situation with Secretary of the Treasury Ogden Mills, President Herbert Hoover declared that the "gold situation" was "critical" and worried that the U.S. faced the "immediate danger of not being able to meet foreign withdrawals which were going on at the rate of $100 million a week." Hoping to ease the situation, Hoover enlisted the aid of Representative Carter Glass, as well as a few other key legislators, who helped hammer out the Glass-Steagall Act. Passed by Congress on this day in 1932, Glass-Steagall expanded the powers of the Federal Reserve Board, thus extending credit, as well as enabling the agency to "release" some of the government's gold to business as a response to the flood of foreign withdrawals.
1933年2月27日
Less than a week before President Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated, the stock market forecasts a gruesome future. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at 50.16, a new low for the year and barely above its all-time nadir of 41.22, set on July 8, 1932. Stocks are selling at 0.65 times book value and 10.3 times reported earnings, with an average dividend yield of 8.7% (among those that can afford to pay dividends). Five trading days later, after Roosevelt's banking moratorium and financial reforms kick in, the market is 23.8% higher; by the end of June, it has doubled.
2006年2月27日 沪深两市49家公司进入第22批股改程序
2月27日 沪深两市49家公司进入第22批股改程序。至此,完成股改和进入股改程序的上市公司市值占A股总市值的53.85%,从而顺利完成股改重点推进阶段的预期目标。