... events taking profits. It would be well it the loose talk and ttambuoyant attitude observed in many quarters regarding the gold standard were now to give place to More sober . reasoning It is true that the depreciated pound acts in the broad sense as a stimulus ...

... study for adults at Rugby last night, proclaimed his optimism in Britain's early industrial recovery. The going of the gold standard, he said, is the beginning of a new era, and he believed we were going to see tremendous progress. A well-known economist ...

... there had been exaggerated talk of the possible effects of going off the gold standard. so also was there great exaggeration in the efforts to regard the departure from the gold standard as marking our entry to an economic paradise. Even if there was some ...

... comparison of average market prices in various industrial sections as they were in 1920 (when this country was off the gold standard). and the relative prices now. reproduce the table below:— Av. price, Market price. 1920. Sept., 1931. a. d. a. d. Amusement ...

... sign a form, giving tile.r explanations and reasons for withdrawing money from London. In other words, now we are off the gold standard it will be necessary to keep a strict check on the remittance of funds overseas. The following are the Approximate rates ...

... that the Cabinet had been discussing, and had almoit agreed upon a General Election at an early date. We went off the gold standard because the foreign depositors in England felt that we were a frivolous people, after setting up a National Governmegt ...

... Imperial Preference. ReimTing to the gold standard. Sir Harris Spencer said that when this wav proposed to be suspended some thought it was a panacea for all ills. no not be misled. Suspension of the gold standard was not going to put the whole matter ...

... Bank rate should have been raised. Bank rate is a lever to attract gold to the Bank in normal times, but now we are the gold standard the attraction of gold does not interest us. Again, tt is very improbable that foreign bonds would be brought to or retained ...

... cent., but the last dividend on the El deferred shares was 5 per cent. for lON. That was just prior to our eturn to the gold standard. If we are to see more activity In liome industries, Imperial Chemical Industries should certalply be MlOng ...

... normal all sorts of complications will occur in one direc- tion and another. For instance, South Africa is remaining on the gold standard, and, therefore, there is a premium on the qSouth African pound as compared with the British pound. The United Tobacco ...

... STEADINESS & CONFIDENCE. Parliament yesterday passed in all its stages the Bill for the temporary suspension of the Gold Standard, and the measure last night received the Royal Assent by Commission in the House of Lords. The Chancellor of the Exchequer ...

... patient must use has own common sense and test their opinions by events. Meanwhile the effect of the abandonment of the gold standard by Great Britain Is to give our manufacturers a bonus in competition with their rivals both here and abroad. Let them make ...