Economic results of a Central Powers victory?

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So from what I understand, to keep the war going, the British and French were reliant on American loans and support to help fund their war effort. If, by 1917-1918 the Germans manage to win a victory and get to dictate terms of peace, how bad is the resultant economic situation going to be, especially if Germany decides to be harsh in their terms?

If there have been prior threads on this subject I'd appreciate it if someone would be willing to share them.
 
Alot depends on the US government's reaction, both in terms of speed and content. There ARE ways to minimize the impact if they can see the Entente default or inflationary issues coming; for example, if they take possession of the seizable assets the Entente were using to back their loans and use those as collateral to print dollars to inject into the economy, or shifts its contracts to the Germans (Who could use the supplies in order to help integrate their new eastern European empire). The fact is though is there's going to be a "credit crunch" and fairly high inflation to the Franc and Pound Sterling.
 
German politicians and industrial leaders were adamant that mitteleuropa was no substitute for unrestricted access to global markets. In addition sgricultural interests were opposed to having germany flooded with cheap eastern farm imports. So I expect that mitteleuropa will be the minimum economic model commensurate with political control and security and to avoid the erection of trade barriers around the world.
 
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