The French Franc Between the Wars 1919–1939 / / Martin Wolfe.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Wolfe, Martin,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1951]; ©1951
• Year of Publication: 1951
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law ; 569
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (232 p.)

Focuses on the changes in purchase power and the exchange value of the French franc from 1919-1939. First through the evolution of the national monetary policy and second through statistical evidence on development in prices, production, trade and payment, income and employment, and the money market.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- CHAPTER I French Financial and Monetary Institutions to 1924 The Financial and Fiscal Setting -- The Franc during War and Reconstruction -- CHAPTER II The Four-Sou Franc The End of the Germinal Franc -- The French Economy in the Post-War Decade -- Monetary Policy in the Reconstruction Decade -- CHAPTER III " The Strongest Currency in the World " The Depression and the Treasury, 1929-1932 -- The " Golden Glow "—French Business Conditions, 1929-1932 -- The Aftermath of the Golden Glow -- Depression and Deflation The Fight to Save the Gold Franc, 1933-1936 -- Depression and Stagnation -- Why Deflation? -- CHAPTER V Popular Front Experiments From Left to Right : The Monetary Policies of the Popular Front -- Prosperity Unregained -- Some Observations on the Blum Experiments -- CHAPTER VI The Return to Confidence The Paper Franc, 1937-1939 -- Pre-War Business Conditions -- CHAPTER VII Summary and Conclusions -- APPENDIXES -- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES -- INDEX