Britain’s Return to the Gold Standard in 1925 Revisited
24 Jun 2025
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Open to: Presenting authors, discussants, the programme committee and invited guests
Bank of London
20 Moorgate
City Of London
London
EC2R 6DA
United Kingdom
Join the Britain’s Return to the Gold Standard in 1925 Revisited Conference
Marking the 100 anniversary of Britain’s return to the gold standard, this conference will be held at the Bank of England on 24 June 2025. Sponsored by the Bank of England, the Centre for Endowment Asset Management at Cambridge Judge Business School, and the Financial History Group at the LSE, the event brings together leading scholars to revisit one of the most consequential monetary policy decisions in British history.
Through interdisciplinary dialogue, the conference will explore the causes and consequences of the UK’s return to gold in 1925 and draw connections to contemporary debates on monetary and exchange rate policies.
Key themes
Themes of the conference include, but are not limited to, the following:
- the interplay between economic theory, ideology, and political forces in historical monetary and exchange rate policy decisions
- the macroeconomic consequences of fixed exchange rate regimes
- the lessons from the interwar period for the operation and communication of domestic monetary policy and the management of the global monetary and financial system
- the significance of the 1925 return to gold for the subsequent evolution of the foreign exchange market
- the geopolitical context and consequences of major exchange rate policy decisions from the 1920s to the present
Organising Committee
- Olivier Accominotti, Professor in Department of Economic History, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
- Pamfili Antipa, Fellow, LSE
- Oliver Bush, Economist in the International Finance Division in the Financial Stability directorate, Bank of England
- David Chambers, Invesco Professor of Financial History, Cambridge Judge Business School
- Ryland Thomas, Senior Economist, Monetary Assessment and Strategy Division, Bank of England
We invite you to join us in examining the UK’s return to the gold standard and discussing its ongoing relevance to financial and economic policy.
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