sept 11 role on business
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A macroeconomic look would indicate September 11 had little effect on the US economy. All major stock indices have rebounded and increased since then. For instance the Dow Jones Industrial Average grew about 9% since September 10, 2001. The economy didn't grow at the same levels it did in the late 1990's but I am not convinced this was due to the terrorist attacks. In my opinion, the fall of Enron and the dot com burst influenced the economy more so than September 11. The economy started to take a fall in 2000. This was about the time technology caught up with production and Internet companies started to go bankrupt. Unemployment levels started to rise and the financial markets starting to fall. The collapse of Enron seemed apparent in late summer 2001. All these factors led to the downfall of the economy...