Interpretations on the causes for the great depression of the 1930's. The Great Depression was the worst economic slump ever in U.S. bringing about the depression; however, the main cause for the Great Depression was the combination of the greatly Interpretations on the causes for the great depression of the 1930's. The Great Depression was the worst economic slump ever in U.S. bringing about the depression; however, the main cause for the Great Depression was the combination of the greatly Did Monetary Forces Cause the Great Depression? Did Monetary Forces Cause the Great Depression? This paper recasts Temin's (1976) question of whether monetary forces caused the Great Depression in a modern time series framework. We analyse Interpretations on the causes for the great depression of the 1930's. The Great Depression was the worst economic slump ever in U.S. bringing about the depression; however, the main cause for the Great Depression was the combination of the greatly The Persistence of the Great Depression. The Great Depression in Outline some diminuation of the value of their collateral will not cause banks to panic, because if the borrower