In order to help the younger brothers recover economically, an Austrian version of the "Marshall Plan" was formulated. Its core purpose was to revitalize the economy of Europe and to snatch the commodity sales market, the only difference being that the content had undergone a slight change.
At this moment, Austria was far from being as wealthy as the Americans after World War II; the Vienna Government couldn't conjure up massive financial aid on short notice.
To provide post-war reconstruction funds for various countries, it was inevitable to rely on the financial markets for financing, so interest could not be avoided.
Before the outbreak of the war in Europe, the four major financial centers of Europe were London, Paris, Vienna, and Frankfurt. As a titan in the financial world, the capital market in London was almost equivalent to the sum of the latter three.
