Arthur Frank Burns15 August 1971
Nixon suspends the dollar's convertibility into gold as part of a new economic program, fundamentally changing the international monetary system in which the Federal Reserve conducts policy.
United States of America · Economy / Banking. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Nixon suspends the dollar's convertibility into gold as part of a new economic program, fundamentally changing the international monetary system in which the Federal Reserve conducts policy.
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