In retrospect, you can trace the steps to hyperinflation, but some of the reasons remain cloudy. Germany abandoned the gold backing of its currency in 1914. The war was expected to be short ...

Some historians argue that Stresemann was leading Germany to a true recovery. The new currency ended the hyperinflation crisis. Germany had improved international relations through the Dawes Plan ...

In fact, using a 10-year moving average, Germany and Europe's current troubles are barely visible. The country's post-WWI hyperinflation actually breaks the chart. The inflation was so severe ...

German GDP to shrink, marking three years of decline, says BDI BDI head cites high costs, competition as growth barriers ...

Story: The hyperinflation experienced in Weimar Germany in the early 1920s followed ... IMF lenders following the Latin American financial crisis that began early in the decade.

which had required Germany to pay 132 billion gold marks ($33 billion), contributed to a plunge in the German currency and hyperinflation and brought economic misery to German households. The US ...

Some historians argue that Stresemann was leading Germany to a true recovery. The new currency ended the hyperinflation crisis. Germany had improved international relations through the Dawes Plan ...

BERLIN (Reuters) -The German economy is in deep crisis, with gross domestic product ... BDI said, indicating Germany will remain one of the currency bloc's laggards in economic terms.