This year marks the 75 th anniversary of the Bretton Woods conference and the birth of the World Bank and its sister institution, the International Monetary Fund (IMF). From July 1 to 22, 1944, ...

The Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. On July 1, 1944, as the battles of the Second World War raged in Europe and the Pacific, delegates from forty-four nations met at the ...

The Bretton Woods system established the U.S. dollar as the world’s currency in the post-World War II global economy. As Allied forces viewed that the war was coming to an end, representatives ...

When French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called for a "new Bretton Woods" agreement in October 2008, they were recalling the success of the International Monetary ...

The Bretton Woods Agreement helped to establish institutions such as the International Monetary Fund and the lender that became the World Bank. With the end of the war in sight, the U.S. and 43 ...

You’re reading Scenic Six, Boston.com’s guide to New ... their answer was clear: Bretton Woods. It is the largest ski resort in the state, has a gorgeous view of the Presidential Range ...