Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal economic policies reversed the early political response to the Great Depression, which was a hands-off approach by the government. Before the New Deal, the government did not intervene in the economy, and there was a belief that the market would correct itself. However, the New Deal was enacted from 1933 to 1939 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to provide immediate economic relief from the Great Depression and to address necessary reforms in industry, agriculture, finance, water power, labor, and housing. The New Deal was grounded in the belief that the power of the federal government was needed to lift America from the Great Depression. The New Deal created a broad range of federal government programs that sought to offer economic relief to the suffering, regulate private industry, and grow the economy.