Bullion Committee of 1810

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British parliamentary committee parliamentary committee

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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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British parliamentary committee ⓘ parliamentary committee ⓘ
appliesTheory	bullionist doctrine ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
chairperson	Francis Horner NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ George Tierney NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Thornton NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicholas Vansittart NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Peel NERFINISHED ⓘ William Huskisson NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Bullion Report NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception	1810 ⓘ
investigated	Bank of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
legislativeBody	House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedIn	Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSubject	convertibility of banknotes into gold ⓘ exchange rates ⓘ gold price ⓘ monetary policy ⓘ paper money ⓘ
notableWork	Report of the Bullion Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	committee of inquiry on the Bank of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
product	Bullion Report NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationDate	1810 ⓘ
recommended	gradual return to convertibility of Bank of England notes into gold ⓘ resumption of cash payments ⓘ
significantEvent	Napoleonic Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ suspension of cash payments by the Bank of England ⓘ
topic	exchange rate policy ⓘ gold bullion ⓘ inflation ⓘ paper currency depreciation ⓘ

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The High Price of Bullion, a Proof of the Depreciation of Bank Notes → relatedEvent → Bullion Committee of 1810 ⓘ