The scarcity of foodstuffs continues as “one of the most unfavorable aspects of the economic situation” in Germany, the United States Department of Commerce reported today.
The principal shortage is said to be in all kinds of fats, meats and eggs. A large proportion of the population is unable to buy meats and fats because of the high prices, the Commerce Department said.
German officials hold that “the food prices at the end of 1935 were directly traceable to rearmament, inasmuch as the limited foreign exchange had to be used primarily for imports of essential raw materials,” the department continued.
The report added: “Apart from the food shortage another weak spot is the growing difficulty of short term financing of Government expenditures. This made it necessary for the Government to monopolize in the interest of public credit and of its successive consolidation loans all capital resources.
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