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Dollar-Gold Reserve Framework

United States of America · Economy / Gold Standard. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1944

Harry Dexter WhiteJuly 1944

Bretton Woods · Economy / Gold Standard

White's negotiating plan helps shape a monetary system in which national currencies are fixed to the dollar and official dollar balances remain convertible into gold.

Names involved

Harry Dexter White

Provenance

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