Bretton Woods Conference

American  

[bret-n] / ˈbrɛt n /

noun

1. an international conference called at Bretton Woods, N.H., in July 1944 to deal with international monetary and financial problems: resulted in the creation of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

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Bretton Woods Conference British  

/ ˈbrɛtən /

noun

1. an international monetary conference held in 1944 at Bretton Woods in New Hampshire, which resulted in the establishment of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund

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Bretton Woods Conference

The IMF was created out of the Bretton Woods Conference in 1944 in the US.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2023

The IMF was created in 1944 at the United Nations Bretton Woods Conference — one of its missions is lending to maintain the financial stability of countries.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 19, 2022

Thus the Bretton Woods Conference on reconstructing the international financial system came after the devastation of a world war.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2020

The SDR is an essential ingredient in the international monetary order that John Maynard Keynes advocated during the Bretton Woods Conference of 1944.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 7, 2020

The IMF and World Bank were at the center of the post-World War Two monetary order created by the United States and Europe at the Bretton Woods Conference in New Hampshire in 1944.

From Reuters ● Apr. 22, 2015