The Exchange-Rate System: Return to Bretton Woods?

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This report focuses on the exchange-rate system set up at Bretton Woods, its breakdown in the 1970s, the current system of managed floating and, finally, proposals to return part or all the way to a more fixed-rate system.

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Reifman, Alfred January 12, 1995.

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This report focuses on the exchange-rate system set up at Bretton
Woods, its breakdown in the 1970s, the current system of managed
floating and, finally, proposals to return part or all the way to
a more fixed-rate system.

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  • January 12, 1995

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Reifman, Alfred. The Exchange-Rate System: Return to Bretton Woods?, report, January 12, 1995; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs228/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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