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Dollar Gold Parity Maintained

United States of America · Government / Republican Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1929Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1929

Herbert HooverOctober 1929

Washington · Government / Republican Party Government

After the stock-market crash, the United States continues redeeming dollars at the statutory gold price despite growing domestic and international financial strain.

Names involved

Herbert Hoover

Provenance

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