AMERICAN TRADE
GOLD HOLDING HIGHER EUROPEAN UNCERTAINTY WASHINGTON, May 4. The Department of Commerce’s annual analysis of the nation’s international payments indicated that the uncertain political conditions in Europe and the combined effects cf the devalued American dollar brought 1,741,000,000 dollars of foreign gold into the United States during 1935. The physical exports for the year totalled 2,282,000,000 dollars or 234,000.000 dollars more than imports. Silver imports for the year totalled 355,000,000 dollars. American tourists spent 393.006,000 dollars .n foreign •countries, compared with 129,000,000 dollars spent by foreigners in America, leaving a net expenditure by this country of 264,000,000_d011ar5.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 106, 6 May 1936, Page 7
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99AMERICAN TRADE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 106, 6 May 1936, Page 7
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