Franklin Delano Roosevelt31 January 1934
Roosevelt fixes the official price of gold at 35 dollars per ounce, devaluing the dollar and establishing the gold price later used by the Bretton Woods system.
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Roosevelt fixes the official price of gold at 35 dollars per ounce, devaluing the dollar and establishing the gold price later used by the Bretton Woods system.
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