United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference

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The United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, commonly known as the Bretton Woods Conference, was the 1944 gathering of Allied nations that designed the post–World War II international monetary system and created institutions like the IMF and World Bank.

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Label Occurrences
Bretton Woods Conference 12
United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference canonical 4
1944 United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf diplomatic conference ⓘ
economic conference ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
international conference ⓘ
aim to design a postwar international monetary system ⓘ
to facilitate postwar reconstruction and development ⓘ
to prevent competitive devaluations ⓘ
to promote international economic stability ⓘ
alsoKnownAs United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference ⓘ
surface form: Bretton Woods Conference
chairperson Henry Morgenthau Jr. ⓘ
convenedBy United States of America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
endDate 1944-07-22 ⓘ
fieldOfWork international economics ⓘ
international finance ⓘ
monetary policy ⓘ
followedBy establishment of the World Bank Group ⓘ
inauguration of the International Monetary Fund in 1945 ⓘ
hasEffect creation of the Bretton Woods system ⓘ
foundation of the postwar liberal economic order ⓘ
institutionalization of multilateral financial cooperation ⓘ
strengthening of US economic leadership after World War II ⓘ
keyPerson Harry Dexter White ⓘ
Henry Morgenthau Jr. ⓘ
John Maynard Keynes ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
location Bretton Woods, New Hampshire ⓘ
mainSubject exchange rate regime ⓘ
international financial institutions ⓘ
international monetary system ⓘ
post–World War II economic order ⓘ
namedAfter Bretton Woods, New Hampshire ⓘ
numberOfParticipatingCountries 44 ⓘ
organizedBy United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
participants Allied nations of World War II ⓘ
representatives of 44 governments ⓘ
partOf Allied wartime planning for the postwar order ⓘ
pointInTime July 1944 ⓘ
result Articles of Agreement of the World Bank Group institutions ⓘ
surface form: Articles of Agreement of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund ⓘ
Bretton Woods system ⓘ
surface form: Bretton Woods system of fixed exchange rates

agreement on use of the US dollar as key reserve currency ⓘ
creation of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ⓘ
creation of the International Monetary Fund ⓘ
establishment of rules for currency convertibility ⓘ
significantEvent adoption of IBRD Articles of Agreement ⓘ
adoption of IMF Articles of Agreement ⓘ
startDate 1944-07-01 ⓘ
venue Mount Washington Resort ⓘ
surface form: Mount Washington Hotel

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

International Monetary Fund → foundedBy → United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference ⓘ
International Monetary Fund → establishedBy → United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bretton Woods Agreement
Havana Charter negotiations → follows → United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bretton Woods Conference
Harry Dexter White → participantIn → United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bretton Woods Conference
World Bank Group → foundedAtEvent → United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bretton Woods Conference
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development → foundedAtEvent → United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bretton Woods Conference
bancor → proposedAtEvent → United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference ⓘ
subject surface form: Bancor
this entity surface form: Bretton Woods negotiations
bancor → proposedAtConference → United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference ⓘ
subject surface form: Bancor
United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment in Havana → followed → United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bretton Woods Conference
Mount Washington Resort → eventHosted → United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference ⓘ
Mount Washington Resort → eventHosted → United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bretton Woods Conference
Bretton Woods, New Hampshire → knownFor → United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1944 United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference
Bretton Woods, New Hampshire → knownFor → United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bretton Woods Conference
United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference → alsoKnownAs → United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bretton Woods Conference
Crawford Notch → near → United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bretton Woods
WBG → foundedAtEvent → United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference ⓘ
subject surface form: World Bank Group
this entity surface form: Bretton Woods Conference
World War II diplomacy → includesEvent → United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bretton Woods Conference
Allied conferences of World War II → hasPart → United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bretton Woods Conference
20th century → hasMajorEvent → United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bretton Woods Conference
Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund → author → United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference ⓘ