Marked the transition to a floating exchange rate system, sparking debates on global monetary order and potential instability.

 

Significance

  • Increased flexibility in managing the money supply and exchange rates.
  • Suspended convertibility of the US dollar to gold, effectively ending the Bretton Woods system.
  • Moves US to floating exchange Fiat currency system

 

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