1. Was Suez in 1956 the First Financial Crisis of the Twenty-First Century?
- Author
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Boughton, James M.
- Subjects
United Kingdom -- Economic aspects ,Suez Canal -- History ,Suez Canal Co. -- History -- Finance ,International Monetary Fund -- Finance -- Political aspects -- History ,Canals -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects ,Capital market -- Political aspects -- Economic aspects ,Pound (United Kingdom) -- Prices and rates -- Political aspects -- Economic aspects ,Transportation industry -- History -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects -- Prices and rates -- Finance ,International economic relations -- History -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects ,Banking, finance and accounting industries ,Business ,Business, international ,Company financing ,Company pricing policy ,Finance ,Economic aspects ,Political aspects ,History ,Prices and rates - Abstract
The IMF's lending to the four countries directly involved in the 1956 Suez crisis, and particularly to the United Kingdom, raised the institution's profile and established its role in helping [...]
- Published
- 2001