International Monetary Fund2 年
Was Suez in 1956 the First Financial Crisis of the Twenty-First Century?
Britain immediately made the drawing of $561 million to replenish its reserves and announced that it had another $739 million available on stand-by. The most obvious consequence of the IMF's ...
CBC.ca6 年
Suez Canal Crisis
Lester B. Pearson was the Canadian Minister of External Affairs when he won the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in resolving the Suez Canal Crisis. Pictured here, Pearson displaying the Nobel ...
International Monetary Fund9 年
Northwest of Suez: The 1956 Crisis and the IMF
Abstract: Egypt's nationalization of the Suez Canal in 1956 and the failed attempt by France, Israel, and the United Kingdom to retake it by force constituted a serious political crisis with ...
Business Insider14 年
A Deep Look At Oil Tankers And The Suez Canal In The Wake Of The Egyptian Crisis
of some of the underlying causes of the current Egyptian crisis is cogent ... to fears surrounding the continued operations of the Suez Canal, amidst social unrest caused by massive riots against ...