The average singleton baby is about 51cm (20in) long from head to toe and weighs approximately 3.4kg (7.5 lb) at birth. However, anything between 2.5kg (5.5lb) and 3.8kg (8.4lb) is a healthy weight for newborns. Twins tend to be lighter than singleton babies.
The depression originated in the United States, after a major fall in stock prices that began around September 4, 1929, and became worldwide news with the stock market crash of October 29, 1929 (known as Black Tuesday). Between 1929 and 1932, worldwide GDP fell by an estimated 15%.
About the Great Depression. he Great Depression was an economic slump in North America, Europe, and other industrialized areas of the world that began in 1929 and lasted until about 1939. It was the longest and most severe depression ever experienced by the industrialized Western world. Though the U.S. economy had gone into depression six months earlier, the Great Depression may be said to have begun with a catastrophic collapse of stock-market prices on the New York Stock Exchange in October 1929.