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Gold Bloc Austerity

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

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1934Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1934

Gaston Doumergue1934

Paris · Government / Government of France

Doumergue's government pursues fiscal and price restraint intended to defend the franc's existing gold parity while neighbouring currencies depreciate.

Names involved

Gaston Doumergue

Provenance

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