The phrase "historical peak" is grammatically correct and commonly used in written English.
It refers to the highest point or level that something has reached in history. Example: "The stock market reached a historical peak last month, surpassing all previous records in the past 50 years."
In Europe, local and regional government borrowing is expected to reach a historical peak of nearly €1.3tn (£1.1this yearyear.
Because of an editing error, an article last Sunday about investing in the Tocqueville Gold fund misstated the historical peak for gold bullion prices, reached in January 1980.
In valuation terms, the U.S. stock market remains well off its historical peak, but other indicators are more favorable to the bubble thesis.
Correction: August 31, 2003, Sunday Because of an editing error, an article last Sunday about investing in the Tocqueville Gold fund misstated the historical peak for gold bullion prices, reached in January 1980.
This tradition reached its first historical peak in the early middle ages, when a heretical Muslim sect terrorised both Muslim and Christian states in the near east for two centuries and gave English the word "assassin".
In fact, when Roosevelt took office the unemployment rate was at its all-time historical peak, twenty-five per cent, and the entire American banking system had stopped functioning.
"As a percentage of gross domestic product, the deficits are below the historical peaks that we've seen in the past," says J.T. Young, a spokesman for the Office of Management and Budget.
According to the study, erosion rates over the past decades have been only a tiny fraction of their historical peaks.
And while the Asian slowdown was expected to slow global growth, six major European markets are at alltime highs, and four are 5% or less below historical peaks.
Indiana's military bases were activated, with areas such as Camp Atterbury reaching historical peaks in activity.
On the positive side, deficit-cutting efforts and the first signs of recovery reduced the fiscal stress felt in many advanced economies; but debt ratios often remain at historical peaks.
