In 1871-73, newly unified Germany adopted the gold standard, replacing the silver-based currencies ... i.e., a near-universal fixed exchange rate system in which (mostly) France stabilized the ...

The IMF helped to supervise the fixed exchange rate regime and to ... The gold standard had been halted as the Great Depression set in. The system brought on a new global economic order, with ...

including the end of currency controls and the introduction of a managed float within a fixed exchange rate band. The move marks the beginning of what authorities are calling “Phase 3” of ...

but the road to that system has been tumultuous, shaped by a series of mistrials In 1944, a mechanism for fixed exchange rates was established with the appointment of the US dollar as the ...

A dollar gauge is on track for its worst performance during the first 100 days of a US presidency in data going back to the Nixon era.

But because countries no longer are obligated to peg their exchange rates in a system overseen by the IMF, they need a sound basis for selecting the regime best suited to their needs—be it fixed, ...

Investopedia / Madelyn Goodnight The Bretton Woods agreement established a new international monetary system in 1944, with gold as the basis for the U.S. dollar and fixed exchange rates.

The Bretton Woods conference established a highly regulated international currency system. The United States dollar was established as the international currency fixed at the rate of $35 per ounce ...

which attempted to encourage international financial cooperation by introducing a system of convertible currencies at fixed exchange rates. The IMF collects massive amounts of data on national ...