Business & Finance: Collapse?

In the predictions made by bankers and economists last January concerning likely events of the year, a common one related to the final financial collapse of Germany. Thus far, although the end has not yet been reached, their prophecies seem more and more likely of fulfilment. Not only is the rate for mark exchange swiftly approaching the zero point, but the conditions responsible for this sensational decline grow worse instead of better. At first the Reichsbank inflated its currency by the millions each week; next, the weekly increases of Reichsbank notes crept...

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