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Table 1 Decomposition of Swiss Money Supply, 1922–1936

From: The limits of internal devaluation: Switzerland during the great depression

Year

M1

\(\frac{M1}{BASE}\)

\(\frac{BASE}{RES}\)

\(\frac{RES}{GOLD}\)

PGOLD

QGOLD

\(\frac{RES}{BASE}\)

1922

2395

2.10

1.60

1.12

3.44

186.00

0.62

1923

2327

2.14

1.50

1.15

3.44

182.76

0.66

1924

2285

2.21

1.31

1.33

3.44

172.63

0.76

1925

2411

2.41

1.29

1.40

3.44

161.95

0.78

1926

2538

2.51

1.32

1.41

3.44

158.51

0.76

1927

2652

2.48

1.38

1.34

3.44

168.79

0.73

1928

2792

2.43

1.37

1.45

3.44

168.48

0.73

1929

3122

2.60

1.22

1.59

3.44

180.04

0.82

1930

3232

2.48

1.22

1.50

3.44

207.51

0.82

1931

4006

1.56

1.05

1.05

3.44

683.12

0.95

1932

4066

1.53

1.04

1.04

3.44

719.30

0.97

1933

3675

1.68

1.09

1.01

3.44

581.59

0.92

1934

3439

1.67

1.08

1.00

3.44

555.89

0.93

1935

3136

1.79

1.25

1.01

3.44

404.24

0.80

1936

3934

1.41

1.01

1.02

3.44

788.52

0.99

  1. M1, the monetary base (BASE), the gold reserves (GOLD), and the total reserves (RES) are measured in millions of Swiss francs. The gold parity (PGOLD) corresponds to the price of one gram of gold in Swiss francs. QGOLD denotes the quantity of gold reserves in tons