Edited sentence: However, a vicous cycle of low demand coupled with unavailable credit continued to hobble the economy and by 1938 the U.Roosevelt's abandonment of the gold standard was an attempt to increase inflationary pressures for the benefit of the many people relying on the selling of commodities in a highly recessed market.While poorly enforced, restrictions placed on the production of staple supplies were intended to bring higher demand and prices for both suppliers and distributors.was in just as bad of shape as it had been in 1931