Card IX-4: BRETTON WOODS – Delegates from 44 nations sign the Final Act in New Hampshire, with the agreements for the IMF and the World Bank. They take effect only in late 1945. Currencies are tied to the dollar, the dollar is tied to gold. At $35 an ounce.

Anniversary · 22 July · THE ARCHIVE

Delegates from 44 nations sign the Final Act in New Hampshire, with the agreements for the IMF and the World Bank. They take effect only in late 1945. Currencies are tied to the dollar, the dollar is tied to gold. At $35 an ounce.

BRETTON WOODS · BRETTON WOODS FINAL ACT · 22.07.1944

Turn it over, answer, sign – free, no account.

Source

Fact · Final Act of the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, 22 July 1944, with the Articles of Agreement of the IMF and IBRD; in force 27 December 1945 (Avalon Project, Yale, footnotes 1 and 2)

Open source · avalon.law.yale.edu ↗

The question on the back

How well do you know what your money is ultimately tied to?