Modern monetary systems

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Identifikator:: 1753210836

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-128414

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Author:: Nogaro, Bertrand http://d-nb.info/gnd/117039713

Title:: Modern monetary systems

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: King

Year of publication:: 1927

Scope:: XII, 236 S.

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Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part I. Modern monetary systems and their operation

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62 MODERN MONETARY SYSTEMS York, which seems to have brought about the most violent fluctuations in the French exchange up till 1923; the prospect of payments falling due at certain periods, and especially at the end of 1920 as a result of abnormal im- ports or of certain reimbursements, exercised a consider- able but less permanent influence at certain times. On the whole, the French exchange during the post-war period, mainly resting on speculative credits, was in- fluenced rather by the imponderable factors in the fore- casts of foreign exchange dealers, who were more pre- occupied with the future than the present, than by the substantial elements of the Balance of Payments. No doubt this also applies to the Italian exchange, which followed the same course as the franc for a long time, although at a much lower level ; but from the end of 1922 onwards their connection ceased, and lire showed a tendency to rise, whereas the depreciation of the French exchange became more marked. The Belgian exchange, on the other hand, after having long been at a somewhat higher level than the French franc, has from then onwards usually preceded the latter in any fall. § 6. The Monetary Crisis in Germany and its characteristics. Prices follow the exchange, but are fairly independent of the note issue. The fate of the exchanges in the defeated countries, and in particular in Germany, where the mark followed its course to its ultimate collapse, seems also to have been decided by the psychological elements in speculation. Thus the mark, which at first had also been supported by speculative credits, was gradually forsaken as the dis- appointed speculators sold out and cut their losses. The chief stages of depreciation coincide with the political events which affected Germany, particularly those con- nected with reparation payments.! But the fall in the 1 Apart from the sharp fall which followed the presentation of the Schedule of Payments, the breakdown of the Franco-British negotiations in August 1922 regarding the request for a moratorium, the decision regarding Upper Silesia in October, and, lastly, the occupation of the Ruhr, should be noted.

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