Kammala wannan magana: Yaƙin Duniya na Farko shi ne juyin juya halin tattalin arzikin Arewacin Ingila. A cikin shekarun da suka gabata, tattalin arzikin Arewa ya fara zama na Kudu <unk> a cikin 1913<unk>1914, rashin aikin yi a "Britaniya ta waje" (Arewa, da Scotland da Wales) ya kasance 2.6% yayin da adadin a Kudancin Ingila ya ninka fiye da ninki biyu a 5.5%, amma a cikin 1937 a lokacin Babban Mawuyacin halin rashin aikin yi na Burtaniya ya kasance 16.1% kuma adadin Kudancin bai kai rabin wannan ba a 7.1%. Rashin karfin tattalin arziki da rashin aikin yi tsakanin yakin ya haifar da lokuta da dama na tashin hankali na zamantakewa a yankin, ciki har da
Babban yajin aikin 1926 da Jarrow Maris. Babban mawuyacin hali ya nuna raunin tattalin arzikin Arewacin Ingila na musamman: yayin da cinikin duniya ya ragu, buƙatar jiragen ruwa, ƙarfe, kwal da kayan yadi duk sun faɗi. A mafi yawan bangarorin, masana'antun Arewa har yanzu suna amfani da fasahar karni na sha tara, kuma ba su iya ci gaba da ci gaba a masana'antu kamar injina, sinadarai da lantarki, yayin da fadada layin wutar lantarki ya cire fa'idodin Arewa ta fuskar samar da wutar lantarki kuma yana nufin yanzu ya fi tattalin arziki don gina sabbin masana'antu a Midlands ko Kudu.