ECO 1302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Bretton Woods System, Capital Account, Energy Market

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When governments fix exchange rates: fixed exchange rates are rates set by government decisions and maintained by government actions. Countries can maintain fixed exchange rates by buying or selling reserves: compensates for shifts in the demand or supply of their currencies. In a system of floating exchange rates, the exchange rates adjust in order to balance the balance of payments. In a system of fixed exchange rates, the balance of payments need not balance. A brief historical digression: the gold standard and the bretton woods system. The classical gold standard: currencies defined in terms of fixed price of gold, bala(cid:374)(cid:272)e of pay(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts defi(cid:272)it government had to sell gold to finance the deficit. Raised i(cid:374)terest rates, there(cid:271)y redu(cid:272)i(cid:374)g the growth of i(cid:374)(cid:272)o(cid:373)es a(cid:374)d the (cid:373)o(cid:374)ey supply domestically: discovery of gold would mean higher world prices, supply of gold failed to keep pace with growth in world economy.

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