Answer: I believe false.
Explanation: At no point to my knowledge has it been signaled otherwise.
I believe the answer is: The national government was unable to collect taxes.
This mean that is it is impossible for the central government to projected the amount of federal budget that they have for the following years. This make matters a lot more difficult for the federal government to plan how many programs they could handle based on their budget.
Not really sure what you're asking, but you can buy gold for real money still. Not from a normal bank.
