Word: facto
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...position was promptly stated in a Conference memorandum which declared that "undue emphasis has been placed upon . . . temporary de facto stabilization," and proceeded to promise "[U. S.] support of measures for the establishment of a coordinated monetary and fiscal policy to be pursued by the various nations in co-operation with the others for the purpose of stimulating economic activity and improving prices...
...France has few bargains to offer foreign countries in tariff trading. Most of her exports are luxuries, the last thing that most governments will reduce tariffs on. The average opinion of French businessmen last week was that unless the three principal currencies-dollar, pound and franc-reach de facto stabilization not after but before the London Conference opens, there is little point in France's taking part. Following this idea, wires were pulled from Paris last week to set up an international equalization fund, similar to the British pound equalization fund, to peg dollar, pound and franc...
...standard of international exchange to stabilize nighty currencies. The Roosevelt Administration, unlike the Hoover Administration, sees no quick return to an all-round gold standard. Yet last week the Bank of England's gold reserve reached $885.000.000, an all-time high, which pointed toward some sort of de facto stabilization of the pound-provided the dollar is not devaluated. The currency situation upsets normal trade channels because of a low-currency country's ability to flood a high-currency country with cheap goods despite towering tariffs. Much will be said at the White House about this unfair method...
...League intend to abstain, particularly as regards the existing regime in Manchuria [i. e. the "Government of Manchukuo"] from any act which might prejudice or delay the carrying out of the recommendations of the said report. They will continue not to recognize this regime, either de jure or de facto...
...different from President Hart and the other Caribbean-ruling Bostonians is United Fruit's de facto head, Sam Zemurray. He is thin, bony, angular, with black domineering eyes and a hawk nose. Tropical-sun-tanned, he might be a Spaniard. He speaks English with a slight accent except when he is cursing, speaks Spanish with no accent at all. He is quiet in public, precisely dressed, has never been interviewed and likes to be left alone. His name appears neither in Who's Who nor in the New Orleans Social Register. His daughter Doris two years ago married...