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Post-War Inflation
With peaks and troughs, the price of goods steadily rose in the post-war period
- Fortunately, for most of the time, wages kept pace
- Adding to inflationary pressures
- However, when wages did not keep pace then tensions and difficulties arose
1,000 Francs in 1945 was equal to over 22,000 Frances in 1975