Some economic studies have indicated that just as the downturn was spread worldwide by the rigidities of the Gold Standard, it was suspending gold convertibility (or devaluing the currency in gold terms) that did the most to make recovery possible.
一些经济研究表明，正如经济衰退是由于金本位制的僵化而蔓延全球，正是暂停黄金兑换（或是对黄金形式的货币的贬值）使得经济复苏成为可能。