| − | Harding created the Bureau of the Budget, restrained federal budget, reduced wartime armaments and helped to stimulate the economy helping lead to the period of prosperity experienced in the United States during the 1920s. | + | Harding created the Bureau of the Budget, restrained federal budget, reduced wartime armaments and helped to stimulate the economy helping lead to the period of prosperity experienced in the United States during the 1920s. Due in part to Mr. Harding's conservative economic policy, the US experienced a period of profound economic growth in the early 1920s that continued through most of the decade. |