Over history, the world has adopted the currency of the leading country for global payments. The USD is, arguably, the first global currency untethered from precious metals. Despite external ...

The Bretton Woods system established the U.S. dollar as the world’s currency in the post-World War II global economy. As Allied forces viewed that the war was coming to an end, representatives from ...

After World War II, the world was promised a neutral international monetary system secured by a stable reserve currency issued by a global hegemon. But, with the US dollar being weaponized through ...

The Green Party is issuing a cautionary statement regarding a proposal ostensibly to finance a just and sustainable transition. Three authors have proposed a financing scheme for a Green International ...

1. The Board of Governors notes the report of the ad hoc Committee on Reform of the International Monetary System and Related Issues. 2. The Board expresses its deep appreciation to the Committee and ...

In my work for the LSE’s US Centre I have been assisting in researching, archiving, and proofreading materials for Professor James Morrison’s manuscript “England’s Cross of Gold: Keynes, Churchill, ...

BUENOS AIRES, April 14 (Reuters) - Argentina has sealed a $20 billion extended fund facility (EFF) with the International Monetary Fund and dismantled large parts of its currency controls as ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (Reuters) - A severe fragmentation of the global economy after decades of increasing economic integration could reduce global economic output by up to 7%, but the losses could reach ...