The IMF and the Bretton Woods
The international financial system has been radically altered since the worldwide depression of the late 1920 s and early 1930 s. This change is due in large part to the inception of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and its subsequent control over the international financial system. In this paper I will examine the extensive role of the Bretton Woods system of exchange rates and the gold standard. Additionally, I will examine the role that the IMF has taken on since the demise of the gold standard. To begin, we must examine the circumstances that surround the creation of the IMF, who the actors are and what each of their roles are as member countries. The IMF was created as a result of the worldwide market collapse that took place initially in October of 1929. The domino effect that took place when the first market crashed was seen to be a situation so severe that world powers felt that drastic measures needed to be taken to ensure that this was the last global financial crisis that the world would face. Its creation in 1944 was the beginning of a new era for the international financial system. The creation of the IMF occurred at Bretton Woods along with the World Bank and the system of fixed exchange rates and the gold stand
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Bretton Woods, Third World, War Furthermore, Eurodollar Eurocurrency, IMF Western, World Bank, Stanley Fisher, Latin American, International Development, War II, bretton woods, exchange rates, woods system, bretton woods system, balance payments, lender resort, gold standard, fall bretton woods, international monetary, international lender, central bank, fall bretton, international lender resort, fixed exchange rates, latin american countries,
Approximate Word count = 4010
Approximate Pages = 16 (250 words per page double spaced)
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