2003 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
The 1949 Devaluation of Sterling
verfasst von : Sir Alec Cairncross, Barry Eichengreen
Erschienen in: Sterling in Decline
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Enthalten in: Professional Book Archive
Aktivieren Sie unsere intelligente Suche, um passende Fachinhalte oder Patente zu finden.
Wählen Sie Textabschnitte aus um mit Künstlicher Intelligenz passenden Patente zu finden. powered by
Markieren Sie Textabschnitte, um KI-gestützt weitere passende Inhalte zu finden. powered by
To those who took part in it, the devaluation of sterling in September 1949, from $4.03 to $2.80 to the pound, was one of the most dramatic episodes in the post-war history of the United Kindom. It seemed likely at the time that it would also prove one of the most important in terms of its effects. There might be room for disagreement as to the need, the purpose, the wisdom or even the significance of the devaluation. But it was unmistakably a turning-point. So rare and startling an event as a fall of 30 per cent in the parity of sterling, the currency in which well over a quarter of the world’s commerce was conducted, could not fail to exercise a powerful influence on international transactions of all kinds.2