Institution
Bretton Woods system
The Bretton Woods system was the international monetary order agreed at the Bretton Woods Conference in New Hampshire in July 1944. It fixed exchange rates against the US dollar, which was convertible into gold at 35 dollars an ounce, and created the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank; it broke down after the United States ended gold convertibility in 1971.
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