Sterling crisis of 1931

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf economic crisis
gptkbp:affectedArea gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:affects gptkb:British_Empire
gptkb:treaty
gptkbp:causedBy loss of investor confidence
declining gold reserves
speculative attacks on the pound
gptkbp:date 1931
gptkbp:followedBy abandonment of the gold standard by other countries
gptkbp:governmentResponse austerity measures
formation of National Government
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sterling crisis of 1931
gptkbp:mainCurrencyInvolved Pound sterling
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Philip_Snowden
gptkb:Montagu_Norman
Ramsay MacDonald
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Wall_Street_Crash_of_1929
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Great_Depression
gptkbp:resultedIn devaluation of the pound
United Kingdom leaving the gold standard
international financial instability
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:British_abandonment_of_the_gold_standard
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8