The National Economic Council (german: Volkswirtschaftsrat) was a body set up to manage the national economy first by Bismarck in

Prussia Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an em ...

. A subsequent Council was also set up later during the

Weimar Republic The Weimar Republic (german: link=no, Weimarer Republik ), officially named the German Reich, was the government of Germany from 1918 to 1933, during which it was a constitutional federal republic for the first time in history; hence it is al ...

. The Economic Council was formed by decree of 17 November 1880. It was modeled on the French ''Conseil supérieur du commerce et de l'industrie''. However, Bismarck faced strong opposition from the Reichstag who refused funds to allow it to be established on 2 December 1881.

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