Permanent historical factsheet

Economy of Great Britain

Great Britain · Government / National. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1931–1932Date range
3Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1931

James Ramsay MacDonald21 September 1931

London · Government / National Government

Britain's departure from gold allows sterling to float and ends the interwar return begun in 1925.

Philip Snowden21 September 1931

London · Government / National Government

Snowden supports emergency legislation ending the Bank of England's obligation to provide gold for sterling.

1932

Neville Chamberlain20 August 1932

Ottowa · Government / National Government

The Imperial Conference decides in favor of limited Imperial preference in trade

Names involved

James Ramsay MacDonaldNeville ChamberlainPhilip Snowden

Provenance

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