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Record 1 2015-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
CONT

We mean the statement that takes into account the values of all goods, all gifts and foreign aid, all capital loans (or "IOUs"), all gold and key-currency reserves coming in and going out, and the interconnections among all these items ...

OBS

From 1933 to 1955, the dollar was considered everywhere to be a holding even better than gold. It was the key international reserve currency.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes

Spanish

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