Bretton Woods

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Etymology

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(economics): Formulated at a 1944 conference at the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, United States.

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Bretton Woods

  1. An unincorporated area in Carroll, New Hampshire.
  2. (economics) A fixed exchange rate system in which the dollar was convertible to gold and all other participating currencies were pegged to the dollar.

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