Shilling Average

The Shilling Average is the average (specifically, the mean) of all stock prices on the Shilling Stock Market. It is not a stock; it is merely for use in comparing stock market performance. It is equivalent to the Dow Jones, S&P 500, etc.

People's Sunday Crash and First Bull Market
During the People's Sunday Crash, the Florin Council decided to make an average of the shilling market as a comparison tool, and thus the Shilling Average was created. It is simply the mean of all current stock prices on the market, and on that day (9 February 2020), the average was at $6. It was also retroactively added to the previous days, which showed that the average had actually gone up, though mostly due to Inspire Incorporated.

It reached a high of $9 on 13 February, mostly due to Inspire Incorporated and the creation of Jones Incorporated and Double U Incorporated, before slipping down again on Valentine's and through the weekend. It reached its absolute lowest on 18 February 2020, at $7.23 (though the Shilling doesn't have cents), but it was not considered a crash. With the sudden growth of Inspire Incorporated from $36 to $50 two days later, the average jumped along with it, rising at exponential rates. It peaked on 27 February 2020 with the price of $19.6.

Leap Day Crash and March Recession
Unfortunately, later that day Jones Incorporated was broken up, and investors feared the same would happen to other companies. Share prices plunged, causing the Leap Day Crash and bringing the average down to $17.36 the next day. Exacerbating this was the real-world plunge of stock markets due to the coronavirus. The average reached its lowest on 2 March with a value of $11.27, before rebounding with the return of KN to Jones Incorporated.

Despite its recovery over the next few days, on 11 March 2020, the average plunged again from $27.5 to $22.5, due to the fact that actual stock market business was unable to continue because of the coronavirus. The average, and all other stocks, continued to fall, thus starting the March Recession.