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, the prime minister of Barbados, has been drawing attention to the environmental and financial threats faced by small and vulnerable countries like hers. By David Gelles As global warming ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...