How did france respond to the great depression

The depression reached France later than it did some other nations, France remaining prosperous through 1931. It sought economic recovery in the expansion of France's trade with its colonies and in public belt-tightening austerity. France refused to join Britain, the US and Germany in going off of the gold standard.

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France's response to the Great Depression:

Explanation:

When the Great Depression reached France, later than most nations, it layed prosperous through 1931.  In 1932, the economy was hit hard by the lack of tourists, wine, food and some other materials/items, a great fall  in the exports of perfumes, and a decline in prices for what exports they could sell abroad. The unemployment rate was at a staggering 15% and the industrial production off 25% from it's orginial percentage in 1929.    

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