what are the largest industries in the us
Economy of the United States The United States is the world's second-largest manufacturer, with a 2013 industrial output of US$2.4Â trillion. Its manufacturing output is greater than of Germany, France, India, and Brazil combined.[266] Its main industries include petroleum, steel, automobiles, construction machinery, aerospace, agricultural machinery, telecommunications, chemicals, electronics, food processing, consumer goods, lumber, and mining.
Economy of the United States The United States has been the world's largest national economy in terms of GDP since at least the 1920s.[40] For many years following the Great Depression of the 1930s, when danger of recession appeared most serious, the government strengthened the economy by spending heavily itself or cutting taxes so that consumers would spend more, and by fostering rapid growth in the money supply, which also encouraged more spending. Ideas about the best tools for stabilizing the economy changed substantially between the 1930s and the 1980s. From the New Deal era that began in 1933, to the Great Society initiatives of the 1960s, national policy makers relied principally on fiscal policy to influence the economy.[citation needed]