The result lead to the rate of the value of Marks against dollar increasing greatly. When the Treaty of Versailles was signed, the allies demanded for 6.6 billion pounds in reparations for the war. The Germans could not possibly paid this and entered into debt. Progressively this lead to hyperinflation and the Germans printed way to many Marks bringing the value down enormously. One dollar equaled 320 Marks in 1922, then falling to 800 marks per dollar!
The middle class was nearly non-existent. This occurs often in the world, but the Great Depression was the worst economic downfall in the history of the U.S. It spread and affected all of the industrialized world. The depression began with Black Tuesday, and lasted for nearly a decade. According to Paul Alexander Gusmorino, the main cause of the drastic downfall was the combination of unequal distribution of wealth and the extensive stock market speculation that took place in the later years of that decade.
Before the first world war had started the Germans over spent and went into a massive deficit because they thought that when the won the war they would inherit the country and its wealth. Therefore this justified the government printing large amounts of money in order to fund their cause. Another cause is the war reparations which they had to pay back was agreed at 60 billion marks in order to pay for this more money was printed, could this mean that it was pressure from other countries that were to blame. Though not the worst hyperinflation ever it did have some of the most devastating effects. In 1914 the exchange rate of the dollar to the pound was $1 to 1mark, by 1923 the exchange rate was $1 to 1trillion marks.
Before we can explore causes, we first need to define what we mean by The Great Depression The Great Depression was a global economic crisis that may have been triggered by political decisions (war reparations post-World War I), protectionism (Congressional tariffs on European goods) or by speculation .Worldwide, there was increased unemployment, decreased government revenue, a drop in international trade. Its kickoff in the U.S. economy was “Black Thursday," October 24, 1929. That's when 12.9 million shares of stock were sold in one day. It was triple the usual amount. At the height of the Great Depression in 1933, more than a quarter of the US labor force was unemployed.
Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Success of His New Deal The American economy started weakening by the middle of the1920s. However, over investment and speculating in stocks inflated their prices that contributed to the delusion of a robust economy. Since stocks were the hottest commodity to invest in, people borrowed money and used their stocks as collateral to the banks.The Great Depression was considered started on Black Thursday October 24th, 1929 when the New York Stock Exchange collapsed in the greatest market crash with the Dow closed at 316.38, and the plunge continued until the Dow reached its low of 41.22 in 1932. When the stocks values dropped, people were not able to pay for their debts while the banks just held worthless collaterals. Many banks declared bankruptcies because they could not get back their money from stock investors.
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The reparations that had to be paid were perhaps the most debilitating part of the treaty as it put them through economic hardship and meltdown. The final reparation figure to be paid was 134 billion gold marks to be paid in annual instalments of either money or resources such as coal and iron ore. Although the Weimar was able to able to pay the first instalment when it came time for the second they had to be declared as in default as they did not have enough resources to repay the reparation fee for that year. This led to
In the same time, the bank of Japan (BoJ) kept its interest rate close to zero. But expectations are not very confident for the USD. In fact, high interest rate leads to an increase in the currency which attracts FDI but it hurts exports. In 2005, the US current account deficit was heading towards USD 800 billion. With such a deficit, the US won’t be able to sustain a strong USD.
In total, Germany lost over one million square miles of land and 12.5% of its inhabitants suddenly found themselves out of Germany's new borders. There were many economic impacts as well that also affected the rest off the world. Germany was blamed for World War One and, as a result, were held accountable for the cost of the war. The Treaty dictated that the substantial amount of money, called reperations, was to be paid to the Allies. The total agreed by the Allies in 1921 came up to £6,600 billion.
Why was France unstable during the period 1920-40? Between 1920 and the fall of the Third Republic in May 1940, France had seen 44 different governments and over 20 Prime Ministers. The divide between Right-wing and Left-wing parties at the time was bigger than ever before. So many political parties made it difficult to accomplish stable government during this period. The country was faced with huge losses in manpower and economic destruction after the war, despite being one of the victors.