Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 48 Great Depression 42 roughest 41 Great Recession 40 turbulent 38 Depression 38 recessions 38 downturn 38 bust cycles 37 meltdown 36 depressions 36 rough patch 36 rough patches 36 subprime meltdown 35 deepest recession 35 economic downturns 35 tumultuous 35 worst 35 housing bubble burst 35 turbulence 35 recession 34 turmoil 34 darkest 34 coldest winter 34 upheaval 34 travails 33 darkest chapters 33 meltdowns 33 darkest moments 33 coldest 33 hardest 33 tumult 33 downturns 33 crisis 33 relatively unscathed 33 bumpy 33 storied 33 snowstorms 33 debacles 33 boom 32 upheavals 32 midst 32 winters 32 cratering 32 economic downturn 32 leanest 32 Roaring Twenties 32 credit crunch 32 privations 32 Octobers 32 Depression era 32 Dust Bowl 32 nastiest 32 doldrums 32 rocky 32 cyclical downturn 32 blizzards 32 steepest 32 stretch 31 frugality 31 Roaring '#s 31 plowing 31 thrift 31 housing slump 31 crises 31 Glass Steagall Act 31 bloodiest 31 ruination 31 ruts 31 heartland 31 grimmest 31 busiest 31 subprime mortgage mess 31 excesses 31 snowy 31 ravages 31 frigid 31 prospered 31 hardships 31 nationalizations 31 slowest 31 harsh winters 31 heyday 31 main thoroughfares 30 byways 30 rutted 30 hardscrabble 30 transformation 30 decades 30 nation 30 meanest 30 privation 30 driest 30 bleakest 30 bubble burst 30 economy 30 deepening recession 30 legacies 30 cold winters 30 subprime mortgage crisis 30 recessionary 30 cornfields