| 单词 | gold bloc |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgold bloc gold bloc n. now chiefly historical a bloc of countries adhering to the gold standard (see gold standard n.), esp. those European countries that retained the gold standard during the 1930s after others had abandoned it. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > value of money > [noun] > countries having gold or silver standard gold bloc1925 sterling area1932 sterling bloc(k)1932 sterling group1932 1925 Times 25 Apr. 11/6 The influence of so substantial a gold ‘bloc’ should lead the remaining ‘soft currency’ countries to make a real advance towards the same goal. 1935 Economist 12 Jan. 57/2 The figures for the gold bloc countries reveal a noticeable contrast between the movement of French wholesale prices on the one hand and of Italian and German prices on the other. 1970 Encycl. Brit. X. 548/2 A small group of continental countries led by France continued the struggle to maintain convertibility at the old price until 1936. This gold bloc collapsed because the depreciation of sterling and the dollar meant that the exports of the gold bloc countries were at a competitive disadvantage in world markets. 2013 Atlantic Online (Nexis) 3 Feb. The countries that stayed with the gold standard the longest, the so-called Gold Bloc of France, Belgium, and Poland, were the last to begin growing again. < as lemmas |
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