... The Gold Standard Sir,—May I express a point of view which at this juncture is cheerful, if still unorthodox, though it has seemed to me for a long time past to be true ? Britain has been forced to abandon the gold standard; the majority of other countries ...

... as the present Opposition does, that the gold standard is the cause. The supposition is based on the belief that England really is on the gold standard. In theory, perhaps; in practice, no. The gold standard is only operative in settlements of foreign ...

... PASSAGE OF GOLD STANDARD BILL. From Our Parliamentary Correspondent. WESTMINSTER. Monday. AT a quarter past eleven to-night the Bill dropping the gold standard received the Royal Assent in the House of Lords. It had passed all its stages in both Houses ...

... BRITAIN'S SHOCK FOR BERLIN. Berlin, Sunday. The news of the British Governaseut's decision with regard to the gold standard came as an unexpected shock to Berlin. Financial circles are very anxious as to the reaction in Germany. It is considered almost ...

... night announcing Great Britain’s suspension of the Gold Standard : His Governr'ent 1 de cided after consultation with Bank England that has to for time the operation of Sub-section of 1 Gold Standard which requires the Bank to sell gold at a fixed price ...

... the gold standard. tobaccos, Molasses, and the usually active counters were quietly firm. Sudan Plantations gave way further. Unilevers were firm, but the difference between the two issues was reduced. rallied Is., Cables and Wireless stocks were supported ...

... MORE COUNTRIES OFF GOLD BASIS. Both the Swedish and Norwegian Governments decided last night temporarily to go off the gold standard. The Norwegian State Council also decided to prohibit until further notice the export of gold. A meeting of the Danish ...

... urgent than before because we had lost one of the two lines of trenches which were our defence last week. One was the gold standard, which, he said, protected us against the insidious and powerful foe of sudden and dangerous inflation. Now that we found ...

... America, ar.d that this affected the balance of our trade and the gold standard. He was reprimanded for dragging In his pet theory by Mr. Ede, who remarked drily that dvidently the gold standard was a matter of gold flake and fag ends of Protection and Preference ...

... German loans, however, were a conspicuous exception. In their case it was rumoured that Germany had decided to come off the gold standard at once, but some heavy Continental selling may have suggested this explanation. British funds closed at the best of the ...

... is only optainable In the case of trade with thwe countries on the gold standard. If a country decides to follow the £ rather than the ciollar and franc, and come off the gold standard, the position vis-a-vis British trade Is from exchange point of ‘iew ...

... dollars became one to the £ and all other foreign currencies appreciated In similar way. We have yet to see how other gold standard countries (excluding America and France) will be influenced by our decision. The example of Great Britain may. and probably ...