Bretton Woods Conference
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Bretton Woods Conference (July 1944) An international financial conference of representatives of forty-four countries which met in the town of Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. In an attempt to establish a more successful international financial system than the
Gold Standard, which had been the determinant of currency values until the 1930s, the conference devised a system of exchange rates which were pegged to the US dollar. It also established an International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the
World Bank) and the International Monetary Fund (
IMF) to finance short-term imbalances in international trade. After an initial collapse in 1947, the Bretton Woods system of fixed exchange rates survived in modified form until August 1971, when the USA left the agreement. In face of increasing capital mobility and consequent inability of national governments to control the exchange rate, the system of fixed exchange rates was finally abandoned in 1976.
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The Bretton Woods international monetary system: a lesson for today.
Magazine article from: NBER Reporter; 12/22/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...fall 1991, the NBER held a conference--"A Retrospective on the Bretton Woods International Monetary System...Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. The...July 1944, creating the Bretton Woods System of adjustable...
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Bretton Woods ghost at G20: It's hegemony, stupid
Newspaper article from: Daily Mirror; 4/3/2009; 700+ words
; ...the skullduggery surrounding the Bretton Woods conference 69 years ago. Aimed at revitalizing...devastation of World War II, the Bretton Woods conference was conceived...summit of the G20 will also go the Bretton Woods way and help serve US economic...
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MOUNT WASHINGTON HOTEL: A WINTER WONDERLAND MR. STICKNEY'S DARING IDEA THE NICETIES AT BRETTON WOODS INCLUDE HELPFUL HOSTS HOW TIMES CHANGE IT'S THE REAL THING
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 1/23/2000; ; 700+ words
; BRETTON WOODS, N.H. - Remember...Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, now graciously...destination in its own right, Bretton Woods Mountain Resort...1944 setting for the Bretton Woods International Monetary Conference, at which delegates...
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Bretton Woods Ski Area at the Omni Mount Washington Resort Officially Opens for the Season.
PR Newswire; 11/6/2009; 700+ words
; ...and riding at Bretton Woods. Upcoming events include...Nick; and, Bretton Woods' "Homecoming...International Monetary Conference of 1944, and Bretton Woods, New Hampshire's...public spaces. The new Bretton Woods Canopy Tour was...
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Ahead Of Economic Summit, Bretton Woods Recalled
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 10/29/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Summit, Bretton Woods Recalled Host...spirit, to Bretton Woods. (Soundbite...Announcer: At Bretton Woods, New...and Financial Conference. Invited by...And this conference that's coming...expect, as Bretton Woods turned out...
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Is It Time to Return To Bretton Woods?
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 9/8/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...global economic conference, in effect Bretton Woods II, to address...world? The 1944 Bretton Woods Conference...observed that a Bretton Woods II "conjures up...founders of the 1944 Bretton Woods conference, argues that a...
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Bretton Woods, The Sequel?
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 10/20/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...successfully for a new Bretton Woods summit, modeled after...Although the original Bretton Woods took place years...gave in to him. The Bretton Woods analogy is contrived...is hardly the issue. Bretton Woods also created the...might a new Bretton Woods ...
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The Once but Not Future Bretton Woods
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 9/25/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...International Monetary Fund at Bretton Woods, N.H., just as the Allies...remember is that while the Bretton Woods conference is credited with triggering...else to think that the 1944 Bretton Woods conference can or should be replicated...
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Bretton Woods is not the cure for today's ills.(Business Report)
Newspaper article from: The Star (South Africa); 10/27/2008; 700+ words
; ...go back to the first Bretton Woods, to go back to discipline...We must build a new Bretton Woods, a new financial...been found wanting, the Bretton Woods system isn't...the delegates at the conference in the Mount Washington...
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Sunday Perspective: Bretton Woods, the Sequel? Don't count on it
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 10/26/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...successfully for a new Bretton Woods summit, modeled after...Although the original Bretton Woods took place years...gave in to him. The Bretton Woods analogy is contrived...is hardly the issue. Bretton Woods also created the...might a new Bretton Woods ...
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Bretton Woods Conference
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
Bretton Woods Conference (1944).The breakdown of the world...an international conference held in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, in July 1944...Organization. The underlying principles of the Bretton Woods agreements followed American...
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Bretton Woods Agreement
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
BRETTON WOODS AGREEMENT In July of 1944...representatives from 44 nations met at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, for an international monetary conference. There, they developed...The measures detailed at Bretton Woods were adopted by the...
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Bretton Woods conference
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II
Bretton Woods conference, also known as the United Nations Monetary and Financial conference, this meeting was held at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, from 1 to 22 July 1944. It was largely the inspiration...
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International Economic Order
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...domestic policymakers. In 1944 a conference in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, hammered out...global economy. In contrast, Bretton Woods was short-lived; western...exchange rate portion of the Bretton Woods agreement in 1971. At...
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Global Economy, America and the
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
...integrated free markets worldwide.The Bretton Woods Conference of 1944 created a multilateral...Keynesian national planning. But the Bretton Woods agreements also included...currency markets terminated the Bretton Woods system in 1973. Stagflation...
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