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Gold Conference 1919 and Currency Conference 1921

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Kind commission or official report
Producer Union Government
Coverage 1919-1926
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Work As cited Period How used
Arndt (1928) Select Committee on Embargo on Export of Specie (S.C. 2-'20); Gold Conference Report (U.G. 18-'20); Currency Conference Report (U.G. 9-'22); S.C. 1A-'23; Low Grade Mines Commission reports; S.C. 4-'26 (Usury Bill) 1919-1926 Evidence on inflation, the embargo, desirability and origins of the Reserve Bank, and reasons for the 1923 amendments.
Mazanderani (2012) Currency Conference, October 1921 1921 Shows that support for gold remained strong, yet inconvertibility was extended to 1925 at the request of the banks and mining houses.
Mazanderani (2012) Gold Conference, October 1919 (recommendations) 1919 Establishes that the official recommendation was for a free gold market, a mint and a refinery, which the 1920 Act then disregarded.