# Poincaré stabilizes the franc (1926)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1926-poincare-stabilizes-the-franc
Location: France

Fiscal measures restored confidence after a severe currency crisis. Within the broader Third Republic period, The Third Republic survived war, the Commune, constitutional crises and fierce ideological conflict. It expanded mass schooling and empire, faced the Dreyfus Affair, fought World War I and entered the troubled interwar era. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is Gaston Doumergue (President of the French Republic). Poincaré stabilizes the franc mattered because it changed material life, state capacity, economic networks or France’s ability to project power. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
Poincaré stabilizes the franc mattered because it changed material life, state capacity, economic networks or France’s ability to project power.

Ruler at the time: [Gaston Doumergue](https://history-france.com/rulers/gaston-doumergue)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Poincaré stabilizes the franc](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Poincar%C3%A9+stabilizes+the+franc&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Poincaré stabilizes the franc](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Poincar%C3%A9+stabilizes+the+franc)
- [Vie-publique — French institutions and history](https://www.vie-publique.fr/)