Bretton Woods Agreement
The Bretton Woods Agreement was created in July of 1944 during the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. The agreement established the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) – now the World Bank. The agreement united the United States, the United Kingdom and 44 other nations in the aftermath of World War II, to set-up an international monetary system which would govern monetary cooperation. Eventually the system also regulated currency values and was disbanded in the 1970s when the United States ended convertibility of the dollar into gold.
Edited transcripts of the meetings are available from the Center for Financial Stability.
This collection includes documents relating to the Bretton Woods meetings, legislation, and analysis of the results.
Amendments of the Bretton Woods Agreements Act: Hearing before the Subcommittee on International Finance of the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs of the United States Senate, 94th Congress, 2nd Session, on H.R. 13955, to Provide for Amendment of the Bretton Woods Agreements Act, and for Other Purposes, August 27, 1976.
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Y 4.B22/3:B 75/2
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2610750
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United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, ([year]), Amendments of the Bretton Woods Agreements Act: Hearing before the Subcommittee on International Finance of the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs of the United States Senate, 94th Congress, 2nd Session, on H.R. 13955, to Provide for Amendment of the Bretton Woods Agreements Act, and for Other Purposes, August 27, 1976., [issue title/date], accessed May 23, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=197
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Articles of Agreement. International Monetary Fund and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
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United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference. Bretton Woods, NH. July 1-22, 1944.
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07/01/1944,
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United States. Dept. of the Treasury, 1944, Articles of Agreement. International Monetary Fund and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, from William McChesney Martin Jr. Document Collection, accessed May 23, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/martin/17_07_19440701.pdf
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Bibliography: Post-War Monetary Plans: Discussion Stage
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Bibliography
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1956,
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Committee on the History of the Federal Reserve System, 1956, Bibliography: Post-War Monetary Plans: Discussion Stage, from Brookings Institution: Papers from the Committee on the History of the Federal Reserve, accessed May 23, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/brookings/17629_02_0007.pdf
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Bibliography: Postwar Forecasts: Income and Employment
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Bibliography
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1956,
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Committee on the History of the Federal Reserve System, 1956, Bibliography: Postwar Forecasts: Income and Employment, from Brookings Institution: Papers from the Committee on the History of the Federal Reserve, accessed May 23, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/brookings/17625_03_0004.pdf
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Bibliography: Postwar Reconstruction - Special Problems and Policies
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1956,
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Committee on the History of the Federal Reserve System, 1956, Bibliography: Postwar Reconstruction - Special Problems and Policies, from Brookings Institution: Papers from the Committee on the History of the Federal Reserve, accessed May 23, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/brookings/17627_08_0001.pdf
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Board Program on Bretton Woods
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1944/12/01,
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Gardner, Walter R.?, 1944, Board Program on Bretton Woods, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed May 23, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/036_11_0004.pdf
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Bretton Woods
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Remarks made at a joint meeting of directors of Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and branches, November 2, 1944.
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1944/11/22,
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Goldenweiser, Emanuel A., 1944, Bretton Woods, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed May 23, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/036_11_0003.pdf
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Bretton Woods Agreement
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Reprinted from Federal Reserve Bulletin for September 1944.
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1944/09/xx,
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.), Bourneuf, Alice and Goldenweiser, Emanuel A., 1944, Bretton Woods Agreement, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed May 23, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/036_17_0002.pdf
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Bretton Woods Agreements
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"Not for Publication - Subject to Revision"
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1944/xx/xx,
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Bourneuf, Alice and Goldenweiser, Emanuel A., 1944, Bretton Woods Agreements, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed May 23, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/036_11_0001.pdf
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Bretton Woods Legislation in Latin American Countries
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Supplement to "Review of Foreign Developments," December 3, 1945.
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1945/12/xx,
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Bourneuf, Alice, Triffin, Robert and Wallich, Henry, 1945, Bretton Woods Legislation in Latin American Countries, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed May 23, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/036_14_0006.pdf
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Bretton Woods Proposals
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Pamphlet 4 from a series on International Financial Problems, prepared by Arthur W. Crawford of the Chamber staff.
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1945/02/xx,
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United States Chamber of Commerce. Finance Department, 1945, Bretton Woods Proposals, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed May 23, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/036_18_0002.pdf
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Bretton Woods Proposals
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1945/02/15,
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United States. Dept. of the Treasury, 1945, Bretton Woods Proposals, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed May 23, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/036_18_0005.pdf
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Conference at Bretton Woods Prepares Plans for International Finance
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Department of State, Publication 2216, Conference Series 57.
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1944/xx/xx,
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United States. Dept. of State and Young, John Parke, 1944, Conference at Bretton Woods Prepares Plans for International Finance, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed May 23, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/036_17_0001.pdf
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Effect of Proposed Bretton Woods Amendments
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1945/05/08,
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)?, 1945, Effect of Proposed Bretton Woods Amendments, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed May 23, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/034_19_0005.pdf
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Future of the Bretton Woods Organisations
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International Bank and International Monetary Fund
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09/23/1949,
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1949, Future of the Bretton Woods Organisations, from William McChesney Martin Jr. Document Collection, accessed May 23, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/martin/18_04_19490923.pdf
Present Status of Draft of Bretton Woods Enabling Legislation
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1945/02/05,
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)?, 1945, Present Status of Draft of Bretton Woods Enabling Legislation, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed May 23, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/034_17_0002.pdf
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Proceedings and Documents of the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, July 1-22, 1944
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These two volumes of Proceedings and Documents of the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference held at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, July 1-22, 1944, are intended as a collection of working papers issued at the Conference. A comprehensive index is found in Volume II. These volumes are published in 1948 as Department of State Publication 2866, International Organization and Conference Series I, 3.
The United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, also referred to as the Bretton Woods conference, was a gathering of delegates from all 44 Allied nations after the conclusion of World War II. The results of the Conference included the formation of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), as well as the implementation of a system of fixed exchange rates, which remained in place until the 1970s.
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S 1.70/1:3/v.1-2
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816388
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United States. Dept. of State, ([year]), Proceedings and Documents of the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, July 1-22, 1944, [issue title/date], accessed May 23, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=430
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Public Law 171, 79th Congress, Chapter 339, 1st Session, H. R. 3314: An Act to provide for the participation of the United States in the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Description:
Bretton Woods Agreements Act
Date:
07/31/1945,
Citation:
United States. Congress, 1945, Public Law 171, 79th Congress, Chapter 339, 1st Session, H. R. 3314: An Act to provide for the participation of the United States in the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, from William McChesney Martin Jr. Document Collection, accessed May 23, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/martin/17_01_19450731.pdf
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Relations of Federal Reserve System with National Advisory Council and Advisory Board of Export-Import Bank
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Tentative draft describing the role of the Federal Reserve System in relationship to the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems, established under the Bretton Wood agreement.
Date:
1945/08/31,
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)?, 1945, Relations of Federal Reserve System with National Advisory Council and Advisory Board of Export-Import Bank, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed May 23, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/037_01_0002.pdf
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Relationship of Federal Reserve System to Bretton Woods Institutions
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Includes Appendix I: Proposal for Market Operations, by the Reserve Banks for their own Account, in Securities Issued or Guaranteed by Stock.
Date:
1946/05/01,
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)?, 1946, Relationship of Federal Reserve System to Bretton Woods Institutions, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed May 23, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/035_01_0005.pdf
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Statement before the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency on S. 1664,
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Regarding amending the National Bank Act and the Bretton Woods Agreement Act.
Date:
06/10/1949,
Citation:
Martin, William McChesney, Jr., 1949, Statement before the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency on S. 1664,, from William McChesney Martin Jr. Document Collection, accessed May 23, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/martin/15_07_19490610.pdf
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Summary Report on Bretton Woods Monetary Conference
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Refers to International Monetary Fund and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Date:
05/1945,
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Gorski, R.S., 1945, Summary Report on Bretton Woods Monetary Conference, from William McChesney Martin Jr. Document Collection, accessed May 23, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/martin/18_03_194505xx.pdf
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