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__ **The Dawes Plan** __ The American banker Charles G. Dawes, along with a group of international financial experts appointed by the Allied governments, devised a solution to the economic problems. The Dawes Plan aimed to end inflation and restore economic prosperity in Germany by giving Germany a more modest and realistic schedule of payments and by extending a loan from American banks to get payments started. The Dawes Plan provided for a $200 million loan from American banks to stabilize German currency and strengthen its economy. After put into affect, German economy began to recover as the German factories produced as much as they had before the war. Geary, Patrick. 5th ed. Los Angeles: Addison-Wesley Educational Inc., 2003.