Permanent historical factsheet

Economy of France

France · Government / Government of France. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

4Records
1946–1955Date range
4Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1946

Leon Blum1946

Paris · Government / Government of France

The Republic has a guarantee of $1.3 billion from the US

1954

Joseph Laniel10 April 1954

Government / Government of France

France becomes the 1st country to introduce VAT

Pierre MendesAugust 1954

Paris · Government / Government of France

Mendes is given specialpowers to manage the economy

1955

Edgar FaureJune 1955

Government / Government of France

France is hit by widespread strikes

Names involved

Edgar FaureJoseph LanielLeon BlumPierre Mendes

Provenance

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