3 What are the lessons learned from the collapse of Bretton Woods system of fixed exchange
... The Bretton Woods system of fixed exchange rates was an agreement which lasted from 1945 to 1973. The Articles of Agreement signed at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, in 1944 represented a compromise between American and British plans. The agreement was a system of fixed exchange rates of currencies of participating countries in terms of the US dollar. Participants were trying to counter previous and unfavourable experiences with floating exchange rates. ... This is an example when the center country was pursuing a policy which is not consistent with the policies of the other countries in the fixed exchange rate system. ... United States also wanted to force an end to the Bretton Woods System so that if could have more independence in pursuing its domestic macroeconomic policies.