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Bretton Woods System
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US transition from gold standard to fiat currency
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Latest: Richard Nixon ends U.S. dollar convertibility to gold
In August 1971, U.S. President Richard Nixon announced the suspension of the U.S. dollar’s convertibility into gold. This decision effectively ended the Bretton Woods system, which had previously pegged foreign currencie