Bullion Committee of 1810

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The Bullion Committee of 1810 was a British parliamentary committee established to investigate the causes of the high price of gold and the depreciation of paper currency during the Napoleonic Wars, whose report became a landmark in the development of monetary theory.

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Bullion Committee of 1810 canonical 2
Bullion Report of 1810 1

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instanceOf British parliamentary committee ⓘ
parliamentary committee ⓘ
appliesTheory bullionist doctrine ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
chairperson Francis Horner ⓘ
concludedThat depreciation of paper money was due to over-issue of banknotes ⓘ
market price of gold above the mint price indicated currency depreciation ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
describedAs landmark in the development of monetary theory ⓘ
fieldOfWork financial history ⓘ
macroeconomics ⓘ
monetary theory ⓘ
genre parliamentary report ⓘ
hasEffect influence on British monetary policy discussions ⓘ
influence on later debates on the gold standard ⓘ
influence on the development of the quantity theory of money ⓘ
hasMember David Ricardo ⓘ
George Tierney ⓘ
Henry Thornton ⓘ
Nicholas Vansittart ⓘ
Robert Peel ⓘ
William Huskisson ⓘ
hasPart Bullion Report ⓘ
hasPurpose examination of the Bank of England note issue ⓘ
investigation of the depreciation of paper currency ⓘ
investigation of the high price of gold ⓘ
historicalPeriod Napoleonic era ⓘ
inception 1810 ⓘ
investigated Bank of England ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedIn Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
mainSubject convertibility of banknotes into gold ⓘ
exchange rates ⓘ
gold price ⓘ
monetary policy ⓘ
paper money ⓘ
notableWork Report of the Bullion Committee ⓘ
positionHeld committee of inquiry on the Bank of England ⓘ
product Bullion Report ⓘ
publicationDate 1810 ⓘ
recommended gradual return to convertibility of Bank of England notes into gold ⓘ
resumption of cash payments ⓘ
significantEvent Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
suspension of cash payments by the Bank of England ⓘ
topic exchange rate policy ⓘ
gold bullion ⓘ
inflation ⓘ
paper currency depreciation ⓘ

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Bank Restriction Period → significantEvent → Bullion Committee of 1810 ⓘ
Bank Restriction Period → significantEvent → Bullion Report of 1810 ⓘ
linked to: Bullion Committee of 1810