The high growth rate in many industrial countries during the first two decades after World War II produced a financial expansion, which in its turn made possible an extension of the growth process. But it also led to a financial crisis, when increasing costs during the 1970s created growing deficits in the balance of payments and the government budgets in many countries.
The high growth rate in many industrial countries during the first two decades after World War II produced a financial expansion, which in its turn ma...