A proposed US Bitcoin Reserve funded by a gold reset sparks debate in Washington. Supporters see it as a debt solution, while the IMF warns of risks and volatility.

What was Bretton Woods? A fixed exchange rate system? Yes. A gold exchange standard? Yes. More importantly, though, the agreement struck in 1944 was a macro-economic cooperative framework to promote ...

Mia Mottley, prime minister of Barbados, at the COP27 summit. (Peter Dejong / AP Photo) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional promotional offers ...

The Bretton Woods Agreement was negotiated in July 1944 by 44 countries at the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, held in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. Under the agreement, gold was the ...

This Economic Letter summarizes the papers presented at the symposium “Revived Bretton Woods System: A New Paradigm for Asian Development?” held at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco on ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Benn Steil talks about the creation of the Bretton Woods system following World War II. Benn Steil talks about the creation of the Bretton Woods ...

(Reuters) - Here are some details about the financial architecture established in 1944 by the Bretton Woods Conference, which European leaders now say needs updating: * THE CONFERENCE - WHAT DID IT DO ...

One of the landmark developments influencing financial markets in the post-war era occurred 50 years ago, when the international monetary system shifted from a fixed to a floating exchange-rate regime ...

Why Rethinking of Bretton Woods? Through a series of three articles, the 1944 Bretton Woods ambitions and edifices (US dollar as the global reserve currency, the IMF and the Worldbank) are assessed ...

(Reuters) - Members of the G20 grouping of nations were set to arrive on Friday in Washington to discuss ways to reform the global financial system. Here are some details about the financial ...