 These financial reforms greatly improved the economy.After Kaunitz became the head of the new "Staatsrat", he pursued a policy of "aristocratic Enlightenment" that relied on persuasion to interact with the estates, and he was also willing to retract some of Haugwitz's centralization to curry favour with them.Nonetheless, the governing system remained centralised, and a strong institution made it possible for Kaunitz to increase state revenues substantially.