Key Econ Stats Pt1

Question 1

How did currency reform impact German economy

Answer 1

Injected 762 million marks into economy

Question 2

What % of GNP was industry in 1880s and how did it change to 1914

Answer 2

30-35% in the 80s

45% in 1914

Question 3

Annual industrial growth under Bismark

Answer 3

4.5%

Question 4

Ruhr coal output in 1850 and 1880

Answer 4

1850- 2 million tons

1880-22 million tons

Question 5

Steel production change 1870-1890

Answer 5

Increased 700%

Question 6

Change in railway network 1871-1890

Answer 6

Doubled in size

Question 7

Interesting stat showing German scientific education

Answer 7

1870- more science graduates from Munich than all English universities

Question 8

When were German banks deregulated

Answer 8

1872

Question 9

How many new German banks formed under Bismark

Answer 9

49

Question 10

How did corn tariff change

Answer 10

1879-1887 increased 5 fold

Question 11

% of electrical trade controlled by Germany in 1913

Answer 11

50%

Question 12

Change in electrical energy production in the Rhine

Answer 12

Increased 150% 1901-1915

Question 13

What did Loewe do and when

Answer 13

1899- built factories with American mass production techniques

Question 14

% of population in agriculture change 1880-1914

Answer 14

Went from 35% to 25%

Question 15

Change in exports 1890-1914

Answer 15

More than tripled

Question 16

Nobel prizes stat

Answer 16

Germans won 1/3rd of scientific nobel prizes 1909-14

Question 17

Steel output 1914

Answer 17

18 million tons- more than Britain France and Russia combined

Question 18

German working day and pay compared to Britain WW1

Answer 18

Working day average 2 hours longer

1/3rd less pay

Question 19

Who founded the War Raw materials department

Answer 19

Walter Rahenau

Question 20

When and what were the auxillary service laws

Answer 20

Dec 1916

All males 17-60 to work for war effort if required

Question 21

How did German economy change during ww1

Answer 21

Shrunk 1/3rd

Industrial production down 40%

Question 22

National debt change 1913-1919

Answer 22

5 billion to 144 billion

Question 23

Change in value of mark over war

Answer 23

Fell to 20% of pre war value

Question 24

Change in merchant fleet end of ww1

Answer 24

90% of German merchant fleet surrendered

Question 25

Reparations cost

Answer 25

£6.6billion

Question 26

Price changes 1918-1919 and 1919-1920

Answer 26

Doubled 18-19 Quadrupled 19-20

Question 27

National debt in 1919 and 1922

Answer 27

144 billion 1919 469 billion 1922

Question 28

How many printers due to hyperinflation

Answer 28

2000 working 24/7

Question 29

Price of bread Nov 23

Answer 29

201 billion marks

Question 30

Exchange rate of Rentenmark

Answer 30

1 trillion to one

Question 31

How many companies went bankrupt between 1923-24

Answer 31

6000

Question 32

Weimar growth 1913-1929

Answer 32

6% annually

Question 33

Unemployment in 1924, 1926, 1928

Answer 33

24- 4.9% 26-10% 28-6.2%

Question 34

Peak of unemployment

Answer 34

1.3 million

Question 35

Growth of electrics in berlin

Answer 35

5% of homes had electricity on 1914 50% in 1930

Question 36

Change in blast furnaces

Answer 36

Tripled

Question 37

GDP per capita change 1913-1929

Answer 37

13% higher in 1929 than 1913

Question 38

Inflation below 0 in what year

Answer 38

1926

Question 39

How many unemployed winter 1928-29

Answer 39

2 million

Question 40

Budget deficit in 1929

Answer 40

17 billion marks

Question 41

Value of German exports change 1929-32

Answer 41

£630 billion to £280 billion

Question 42

What collapsed in 1931

Answer 42

Danatbank- Germanys largest bank