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Pre-War Gold Parity Policy

Great Britain · Economy / Gold Standard. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1919Date range
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1919

Austen Chamberlain1919

London · Economy / Gold Standard

The government accepts the policy of eventually restoring sterling to its pre-war gold parity, making deflationary monetary adjustment an official postwar objective.

Names involved

Austen Chamberlain

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