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... area of machine tools ) had to be imported from abroad , mainly from the USA and Germany , and this raised the costs of those firms which utilised engineering goods in their production processes.67 Overseas investment thus retarded ...
... area of machine tools ) had to be imported from abroad , mainly from the USA and Germany , and this raised the costs of those firms which utilised engineering goods in their production processes.67 Overseas investment thus retarded ...
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... areas of multilateral settlement . Since these were linked only through the UK , a redirection of the flow of British lending could prevent the transmission of trade recession from one area to another.71 From about 1890 onwards , the ...
... areas of multilateral settlement . Since these were linked only through the UK , a redirection of the flow of British lending could prevent the transmission of trade recession from one area to another.71 From about 1890 onwards , the ...
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... areas where Britain was most heavily in deficit . A significant proportion of Indian exports was admitted duty free to a number of important European markets and up to 50 per cent to the USA . This meant that as long as the Indian ...
... areas where Britain was most heavily in deficit . A significant proportion of Indian exports was admitted duty free to a number of important European markets and up to 50 per cent to the USA . This meant that as long as the Indian ...
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2nd series American Bacon and Eltis balance of payments Bank of England Bank Review Blackaby boom Bretton Woods Britain Britain's Economic Prospects British economy British industry British Overseas Business History Cambridge capital cent competition considerable cost cotton country's currency D. H. Aldcroft De-industrialisation decline deficit depression dollar economic growth Economic History Review Economic Journal Economic Policy empire employment Europe European exchange expenditure exports factors favour foreign Germany gold standard Howson ibid Imperial Preference important income increased inflation international economy J. M. Keynes John Maynard Keynes Keynes lend-lease Lloyds Bank loan London manufacturing industry million Moggridge multilateral National organisation output Oxford political position postwar prewar problem protectionism rate of growth recovery reduction reproduced by permission return to gold Richardson rise role Second Labour Government sector Skidelsky staple industries Sterling Area structure Table reproduced tariff trade union Treasury United Kingdom