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Sir Alfred Charles Davidson and the Australian Exchange Crisis of 1929–31

In: Money Doctors Around the Globe

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  • Frank Decker

    (The University of Sydney Law School)

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This chapter examines the role played by Sir Alfred Charles Davidson during the monetary turbulences in the early years of the Great Depression in Australia. Davidson was a leading private banking executive and developed into an influential money doctor as he took on a national leadership role during the Great Depression. Davidson implemented a floating exchange rate regime in 1930–31, which has been widely regarded as one of the major contributions of Australian monetary policy to the recovery from the Great Depression. We re-evaluate Davidson’s monetary policy interventions over 1929–31, present a new analysis of Australia’s early departure from the gold standard in December 1929 and review the role that the government-owned Commonwealth Bank played in this process.

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  • Frank Decker, 2024. "Sir Alfred Charles Davidson and the Australian Exchange Crisis of 1929–31," Studies in Economic History, in: Andrés Álvarez & Vincent Bignon & Anders Ögren & Masato Shizume (ed.), Money Doctors Around the Globe, pages 257-282, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:stechp:978-981-97-0134-6_14
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-97-0134-6_14
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