1993年11月16日
When it hit the House floor in 1993, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) incited controversy and stormy debates. While pro-NAFTA factions viewed the landmark free-trade bill as a potential boon to U.S. fiscal health, a number of politicians and labor leaders feared that NAFTA would send American jobs to nations with cheaper labor in an effort to drive up corporate profits. For a while, it looked like NAFTA might stall in the House, but tireless advocacy from President Clinton, one of NAFTA's strongest supporters, helped win support for the bill. By this day in 1993, it was clear that NAFTA would pass through the House and become law. The news excited Wall Street, which had been pushing for NAFTA's passage. Traders celebrated by snapping up stocks and the Dow Jones Industrial Average picked up 33.25 points to close the day at 3,700 points.
1999年11月16日
When you can't even get a price, the market is in trouble. As the day's total trading volume on NASDAQ pushes toward an all-time record of 1.5 billion shares, the market's trading systems melt down under the strain, and electronic quotes and trade reports are unavailable for 17 minutes in the late afternoon.
2001年11月16日 股票交易印花税下调至2‰
财政部经批准决定从11月16日起下调证券(股票)交易印花税,A、B股股权转让双方分别按2‰税率缴纳。